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I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.
That walls should fall is the consequence of blowing your own trumpet.
Bob Dole is not a bitter man. That part is jarring. His life was hard.
Could a dream kill a man? Could it strangle him where he sat sleeping?
Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.
The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.
Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.
Discipline is necessary to curb the mind, otherwise there is no peace.
I'm not that well-versed in literary theory - I don't know what it is.
I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.
Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.
Having all the answers just means you've been asking boring questions.
It is impossible that beauty should ever distinctly appreciate itself.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.
I let everyone follow his own bent, that I may be free to follow mine.
You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.
The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.
Hypotheses are lullabies for teachers to sing their students to sleep.
The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.
Zweck sein selbst ist jegliches Tier. Each animal is an end in itself.
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
A rainbow which lasts for a quarter of an hour is looked at no longer.
It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation.
Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.
Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.
My two major faults are that I row too long and pick up too many women
Pryde will have a fall;For pryde goeth before and shame commeth after.
The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name.
To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.
I went to Washington to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations
People who become used to saying little become used to feeling little.
The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know you are sad.
He consorted with prostitutes and poets...and with persons even worse.
Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.
When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.
There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs.
I write to try to understand, and because I have nothing better to do.
Follow your bliss. The heroic life is living the individual adventure.
You have been thinking one way. Now you have to think a different way.