Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.
The ability to hurt someone is usually in direct proportion to how much that person cares about you.
I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.
Read enough books on the body, and you'll find that reality is much stranger than any sci-fi series.
It's impossible to map out a route to your destination if you don't know where you're starting from.
The less you have to think about how to spend every dollar, the more likely you are to spend wisely.
Don't depend on something that comes from outside. Outside things are never going to make you happy.
Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.
Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.
If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
God is present in every Jiva; there is no other God besides that. Who serves Jiva serves God indeed.
To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.
You know what's strange? A lot of men don't dream in color. Women will dream in color more than men.
Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.
I think some men like to be hands-on dads. It's up to individuals. We did it the way that suited us.
Violence is never the answer but sometimes, like with cockroaches, it is the only possible response.
Give yourself the mental freedom to enjoy the process, because the process of writing is a long one.
We can still cap carbon, but that needn't be at the top of the agenda that we communicate to voters.
Our thinking can create liberation or it can create imprisonment. It depends on how we use our mind.
I would be content being a housewife if I could find the kind of man who wouldn't treat me like one.
It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.
The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave, and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat.
I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.
Experience has taught me that you feel better on a flight if you avoid chicken fat in plastic sauce.
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.
I think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane.
"There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind.
As we all know, the Discworld is a flat planet - like a geological pizza, but without the anchovies.
The thing with crowns is, it isn't the putting them on that's the problem, it's the taking them off.
Physical reality is one of the biggest horror movies of all, and you know how we love horror movies.
A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.
In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.
A well-grounded assurance is always attended with three fair handmaids: love, humility and holy joy.
All children... feel a demonic sympathy with those things that cause disorder in the grown-up world.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
Therefore we say that a lying Spirit has been in the mouth of the writers of the books of the Bible.
Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.
We are reminded that anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.
By learning of Him, by believing in Him, by following Him, there is the capacity to become like Him.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is that penetrating light which shines through the darkness of our lives.
If we will put our trust in the Lord, he will help us through our difficulties, whatever they my be.
Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.