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My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures.
We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking.
The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies.
Live free, child of the mist,- and with respect to knowledge we are allchildren of the mist.
Still we live meanly like ants, though the fable tells us we were long ago changed into men.
It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.
There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.
We make needless ado about capital punishment,--taking lives, when there is no life to take.
There is a chasm between knowledge and ignorance which the arches of science can never span.
A man who has to go to the village to get the news hasn't heard from himself in a long time.
An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not.
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.
I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.
Courage is the standing army of the soul which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.
This is an excellent martini — sort of tastes like it isn't there at all, just a cold cloud.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
You don't remember people you love by the wise things they say but the silly things they do.
At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.
That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.
The world cannot always understand one's profession of faith, but it can understand service.
They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)
The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!
Coffee, unless it is very good and made by somebody else, is pretty intolerable at any time.
Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
... a less than perfect meddling in the spiritual world can breed monsters for other people.
The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.
Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.
Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.
If you are going to be successful, you have to start hanging out with the successful people.
Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated.
The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.
You have no right to be a leader if someone who works for you doesn't know where they stand.
Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.
Maybe all you can do, when your world is burning, is hold on to the thing you love the most.
Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?
I learnt to love reading. And then I started scribbling stories, and I liked that even more.
They aren't the brightest crayons in the box -Max(saving the world and other extreme sports)
You're just here for the ride. For the incredible, indescribable Maximum Ride. --Max's Voice
...The human perception of this energy first begins with a heightened sensitivity to beauty.
The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them.
None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior.
I've had too many experiences in my life of being the first woman in some damned occupation.
Accept that I enjoy being with you. Accept that when I'm with you I see Heaven in your eyes.
That’s when she’d learned that male egos and fruit had a lot in common: Both bruised easily.