Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Terrorists killed a lot fewer people than bathroom falls and accidental electrocutions.
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
The first vehicle that screamed past -- an ambulance -- didn't even slow down.
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.
Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
Good taste is the enemy of comedy.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.
Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
Could you imagine how horrible things would be if we always told others how we felt? Life would be intolerably bearable.
Post je objavljen 20.08.2010. u 05:26 sati.