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It's hard enough for a person to keep their own socks pulled up, let alone someone else's.
Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.
There are really very few economies of scale in centralising or standardising advertising.
Now panic beats and flutters inside my skull like a flock of starlings locked in an attic.
Small things done consistently, though undramatic, yield more than the large and sporadic.
Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.
By all means listen to other people's advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.
A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.
The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.
You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.
Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.
But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.
Even in the grimmest of circumstances, a shift in perspective can create startling change.
Gender is a way to hide from the simple truth we all tell: 'Hey, I'm here, I have a body.'
There is thought, and then there is thinking about thoughts, and they don't feel the same.
Many of the good things would never have happened if the bad events hadn't happened first.
You are not given the light by anyone—not even by a spiritual teacher. You are that light.
Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste.
If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.
The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves.
If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation.
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.
Plant now the roses of Hope, Love, Promise, God Consciousness, and the Glory of your Soul.
I consider each of my dollars to be investment "soldiers," and their mission is "freedom."
Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.
I think it's a meritorious action to become a monk, provided that your motivation is pure.
She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.
Legends don't have to make sense. They just have to be beautiful. Or at least interesting.
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends, I read somewhere.
Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart
Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.
It takes forty men with their feet on the ground to keep one man with his head in the air.
Who wants to be a goddess when we can be human? Perfection is a flaw disguised as control.
The heart is the path to wisdom because it dares to be vulnerable in the presence of power
The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.
Since women do most delight in revenge, it may seem but feminine manhood to be vindictive.
Lecter is so lucid, so perceptive; he's trained in psychiatry... and he's a mass murderer.
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.
It’s not enough to wish, it’s not enough to dream, it’s not enough to promise. We must do.
Love is the catalyst that causes change. Love is the balm that brings healing to the soul.
We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become.
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.
We need learn what we need to learn, know what we need to know, and do what we need to do.