It is impossible, therefore, that any arguments from experience can prove this resemblance of the past to the future; since all these arguments are founded on the supposition of that resemblance. Let the course of things be allowed hitherto ever so regular; that alone, without some new argument or inference, proves not that, for the future, it will continue so.
You must begin to trust yourself. If you don't, then you will be forever looking to others to prove your own merit to you and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time resenting those from whom you take such aid.
We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselves.
Sex without love is very empty, and as empty things go, it is one of the best.
Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.
The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
The highest prize we can receive for creative work is the joy of being creative. Creative effort spent for any other reason than the joy of being in that light filled space, love, god, whatever we want to call it, is lacking in integrity. It diminishes us. It reduces inspiration to mere sales.
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, weve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. Weve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
Blessed are those who Hunger and Thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
A lion at home, and a fox abroad.
A mind filled with peace creates a heart filled with contentment.
The modern mind has lost all capacity to wonder. It has lost all capacity to look into the mysterious, into the miraculous - because of knowledge, because it thinks it knows.
