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Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot to arrive.
Any work that is not rooted in myth and poetry or that does not partake of the depth and essence of the universe is merely a ghost.
Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.
I've always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I'll chat away.
The Party, as such, stands for positive Christianity, but does not bind itself in the matter of creed to any particular confession.
I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it.
Tom doesn't have any principles, or if he does, he puts them aside whenever they're inconvenient. The truth hurts, doesn't it, Tom?
I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who exercise it.
Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. ~Song of the Sparrow
Sensuality does not understand why everyone else is so disturbed by her. As a young girl, she was often scolded for going barefoot.
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
You don't have to be afraid, even death itself does not have power. In Christ, everything is becoming new, everything is different.
Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already.
Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions.
The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from anyone Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain.
We came to see Jace. Is he alright?" "I don't know," Magnus said. "Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?
The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
Creativity does not depend on inherited talent or on environment or upbringing; it is the function of the ego of every human being.
Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors.
The secret in riding is to do few things right. The more one does, the less one succeeds. The less one does, the more one succeeds.
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.
One thing that does confuse me, is that there are more religions in this world than ever, yet there's only supposed to be one God.
Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism.
The public values the invention more than the inventor does. The inventor knows there is much more and better where this came from.
The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.
I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.
The romantic artist expects people to ask, 'What has he got to say?' The classical artist expects them to ask, 'How does he say it?
The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived.
Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation.
The fact is that the culture does not have only positive effects on our intellectual and moral functions but also negative effects.
Restraining, saving, assuring your checkbook balance...what does all taht amount to? If I go broke one day I'll just take out loans
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.
If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame.
...sometimes you just want the comfort of knowing that somebody really does care about you (even if they show it in peculiar ways).
I love the expression 'makes your skin crawl,' because when you have that sensation while you're watching something, it really does.
Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It's much better if one simply does.
What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.
Time does not really exist as we know it; rather it's a transfiguration of a concept in which mortality, mutability, is conditioned.
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense?
As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
Everyone goes "every comedian does Arnold Schwarzenegger". Yes, they do; but do they do Arnold Schwarzenegger in Brokeback Mountain?
The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.
Certainly it does make the greatest possible difference what we think about God; the knowledge of God is the very basis of religion.
Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
I was of the type who gets bullied rather than the one who does the bullying, which I'm glad about. I'd rather be that than a bully.
I don't see the big picture. I don't have a clue. But I know God does. I'm going to declare that, even if I don't feel it right now.
He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.
Cordial love of the neighbor does not consist in feelings. This love flows not from a heart of flesh but from the heart of our will.