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The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.
Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died.
So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars.
When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a mall?
The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.
Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it.
It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.
O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out loud and free.
If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things.
Restrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain.
We cannot accept the world as it is. Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth because of the injustice of things.
We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.
Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness.
for most of us the space between 'dreaming on things to come' and 'it is too late, it is all over' is too tiny to enter.
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
Naturally, there's got to be a limit for I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.
Where would anyone in publicity be if they allowed sensitivity, restraint, breeding or good taste to stand in their way?
Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back, in a second flowering, at the age of 70 to 90
[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand.
What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone?
Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.
I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.
Strategy is not a lengthy action plan. It is the evolution of a central idea through continually changing circumstances.
We were lining up and counting off nice and easy till you came stumbling through like a doped-up bull,' Minho responded.
Whatever had happened to him [Newt] out there — maybe even related to his lingering ankle injury — had been truly awful.
I'm still heard on 1,500 radio stations across North America every day, about 220 million people a day in 150 countries.
Learning to live with ambiguity is learning to live with how life really is, full of complexities and strange surprises.
Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.
My style is colloquial storytelling. It's the way we tell stories to one another - it's not writerly, it's not overdone.
Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies.
Don't start,” he warned. “What?” she said, grinning. “I'm sure all the big, bad trappers have a bun-bun in their houses.
What would you pack for Armageddon? Sunscreen and shades? Flame-proof underwear? Maybe a travel guide to the Underworld?
Björk’s wraparound swan frock . . . made her look like a refugee from the more dog-eared precincts of provincial ballet.
I understand abstract art as an attempt to feed imagination with a world built through the basic sensations of the eyes.
I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?
All the rest of the world could only kill or devastate my mind and body. Bones alone held the power to demolish my soul.
Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated when they tune out.
Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies.
I know that I was hiking at a very young age because I remember being convinced that it was the trees that were talking.
The more we think we're not affected by media - stereotypes, advertising - the more potential those forms of media have.
The padlock clicked open. A voice soundingoddly like South Parks's Cartman echoed through my quivering brain. Goddammit!
Judges isn't just about people who blow it over and over. It's a picture of God's love that never fails even when we do.
The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.
He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.
We shall not refuse tobacco the credit of being sometimes medical, when used temperately, though an acknowledged poison.
Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.
If you shoot, I will kill her before I die." Yes," Kitai said in a patient tone. "Which is why I have not shot you. Yet.