There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
Guilty consciences make men cowards.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.
When someone lightens up your life just by their presence, you can be sure they are emitting a very positive energy. When someone puts a damper on the meeting or a conversation, you can be sure there is some hidden inner baggage which contains sorrow and darkness. Which do you bring to the party? A little light or a little dark? A lot of optimism or a little pessimism? In olden days, before one switch could illuminate a whole city, one candle had to be lit by another. So if you are aware that you are carrying a little darkness, perhaps it may be useful to spend time with someone whose inner light is already lit, and stays lit in all circumstances. Eventually we may learn the art ourselves, and then serve as a candle to others.
We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.
Zen says: be empty. Look without any idea. Look into the nature of things but with no idea, with no prejudice, with no presupposition.
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
May the Force be with you.
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
Become more and more innocent, less knowledgeable and more childlike. Take life as fun - because that's precisely what it is!
