Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
The bluebird carries the sky on his back.
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.
The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so.
As for doing good that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.
That government is best which governs least.
Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.
The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.
Masterpieces are not single and solitary births they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
Be not simply good - be good for something.
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