What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.
You’re one of those people for whom “normal” is a failure of potential.
“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.”
“We can have anything!”
“No we can’t. We can aspire to anything. But we don’t get it just because we want it.”
c: No. We have to be strong.
Your life is an occasion. Rise to it!
The light of the truth can be harsh to those who’ve been in the dark.
If you don’t know how you got where you are, you probably weren’t watching where you were going.
We can’t help who we love. But we can help who we are. We can decide to become ourselves.
Intellectual refinement’s one thing. Moral refinement’s something different.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
show me what you do, and I’ll tell you what you believe.
...>>Thinking you’re the worst person in the world is no different than thinking you’re the best. It’s giving yourself a place in the universe you haven’t earned.
Kyle: That’s not important.
Ann: What is?
Kyle: Knowing who I am.
It’s you who has to change, not your circumstances—you carry your fate with you.
Sean: There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be perfect.
Julia: Only if you’re willing to fail.
Humility isn’t actually humility unless you’re good enough at something to be humble.
...>>It’s trust and character I need around me.
Who you choose to be around you lets you know who you are.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the powerful roar of its many waters.”
...we must be saved by the final form of love which is *forgiveness*.”
...>>“It’s no wonder people lack romance in their lives, love belongs to those who are willing to go to extremes for it.”
When the ground starts moving beneath their feet, they reach for answers that seem solid, even if they are simplistic.
...>>I think the real political divide increasingly is not between left and right, but between those who are intrigued by what is happening and wish to shape it, and those who fear the future, and want to stop it.
Chasing success is like trying to squeeze a handful of water. The tighter you squeeze, the less water you get. When you chase it, your life becomes the chase, and you become a victim of always wanting more.
“Wait a minute, Juanita. ...is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?”
Juanita shrugs. “What’s the difference?”
“Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
...>>“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anybody deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”
“That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” ~Calvin
“Together, we (will, can, must) (rule, change, destroy) the (world, our victims, the people in this bar).”
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