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Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.
What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.
When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it.
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.
The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.
Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.
He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them.
Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?
We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.
The very "marks" on the bottom of a piece of rare crockery are able to throw me into a gibbering ecstasy.
The Autocrat of Russia possesses more power than any other man in the earth; but he cannot stop a sneeze.
Why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?
What's exciting about using our mind is that we can short circuit all the excuses thrown up by our fears.
Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.
To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired.
A brand is an emotional construct. It helps you to project an image to the world which you'd like to own.
Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.
I advocate speaking words of love with all the sincerity that can be mustered, as frequently as possible.
I will reflect the finest qualities my friends offer me and remind them of all the promise I see in them.
Father says it will come in time. “Time heals,” he says. I don’t tell him that I don’t know what time is.
Maybe there was no one way to define it. Maybe there were as many shades of love as the blues of the sky.
When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.
You will miss her sometimes. Bear in mind she's trying to kill you. Bear in mind you have a life to live.
The madness is there, and will always be there. But it will keep sleeping, as long as I don't wake it up.
I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.
You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town
Exposure to false doctrine places a person at risk not just for theological errors but for moral failure.
The person who believes he must earn the right to go through the door of eternal life will miss the mark.
Compassion for victims is sometimes forgotten in a misapplied concern for their oppressors and murderers.
I remain troubled by the deliberate killing of civilians, whether by the United States or by its enemies.
Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?
If today were your last, would you do what you're doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?
But it is in storms that God does his finest work, for it is in storms that God has our keenest attention
Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love.
God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.
When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.
History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event.
Humans are basically good. That's why it takes so much training to march march march kill kill kill kill.
It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.
Try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity.
I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.
I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name.
I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.
Said to Mairin; "There's little decency to good loving" Maddie said. "If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun"!
I think path in spirituality chooses us. I doubt seriously that we really have much choice in the matter.