Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.
Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer.
No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.
Experience teaches us that thought does not express itself in words, but rather realizes itself in them
This is what consciousness does: it sets the goals, and the rest of the system learns how to meet them.
Your heart beats 72 times a minute. Every time it beats, it does so with the permission of its Creator.
I've had a great run with great projects. I love the film industry. It keeps you young; it really does.
Waiting does not exist in the experience of those who recognize the presence of love wherever they are.
If we have not silence, God is not heard in our music. If we have no rest God, does not bless our work.
I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.
One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.
There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.
Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.
God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.
He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
Whenever a great painter... does a work which appears to be false and lying, that falsity is very true.
The problem of the female body is not something that I've studied, but my memoir does treat that theme.
Deceit is the mark of evil. Even if the evil messenger does not appear in person, the test is the same.
A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.
It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter!
I advise nobody to drown sorrow in cocoa. It is bad for the figure and it does not alleviate the sorrow.
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
Intuition does not denote something contrary to reason, but something outside of the province of reason.
What Leo does is so incredible that I have to be careful not to stand still watching him make his moves.
The law does not generate justice. The law is nothing but a declaration and application of what is just.
Good teams don't care about who scores. Good teams just care about scoring; they don't care who does it.
Perhaps it does not matter so very much what it is one loves in this world. But love something one must.
Her smile steps offstage for a moment, then does an encore, all while I'm dealing with my blushing face.
I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.
Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined?
I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it.
Nah," I said. "But if it does, just tell him I said to get back on the bike." "What?" "He'll understand.
Does that really work, converting someone with a bumper sticker? How weak of a mind do you have to have?
For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair. Wha does the utmost that he can Will whyles do mair.
I would hope that racism is something that just does not work in this day and age, but I know otherwise.
Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
Why wouldn't we consider doing to Islamic extremists what Glenn Greenwald does routinely to Republicans?
Drugging out symptoms does not solve the problem, it helps us ignore it - until the vehicle breaks down.
I have increasingly, over the years, felt that religion today does our civilization more harm than good.
For an answer which cannot be expressed the question too cannot be expressed. The riddle does not exist.
Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does not have consensus support.
No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know
Whosoever does wrong, wrongs himself; whosoever does injustice, does it to himself, making himself evil.
Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God.
Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.
Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.