John Donne
More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
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Pep without purpose is piffle.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
The good physician treats the disease, the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
You're good, you're very good.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore !
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Ideas... they have the power
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Never say more than is necessary.
Sometimes you gotta say, What the fuck.
Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable ?
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Do we really know anybody ? Who does not wear a face to hide another ?
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
Know thyself.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
After all, tomorrow is another day !
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
All you need is love.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you ?
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
The secret of education lies in respecting the student.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Love is a fruit in season at all times.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
It's like, I became such a good person, I almost forgot... I'm a world class liar, baby !
Hey, Bud, lets party !
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
Spread love everywhere you go, first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness, kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.