“I didn’t say do as I do, I said do as I say.”
“ordinary people will do extraordinary things when given a chance.”
‘I rather like [her].’
“Caesar liked Brutus, and look where it got him.”
Context trumps content.
Purpose defines.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But…
...>>The only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys.
“There are many things in life that will catch your eye.
But only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those.”
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
“Wars not make one great.”
You have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
“So we can believe the big ones?”
Yes. Justice. Mercy. Duty. That sort of thing.
“They’re not the same at all!”
“Desire is desire, wherever you go. The sun will not bleach it; nor the tide wash it away.”
“i still believe in paradise. but now at least i know it’s not some place you can look for. because it’s not where you go, it’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re part of something.”
“there’s no such thing as a mistake. there’s what you do, and what you don’t do.”
it may not always be so;and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another’s,…that i may go unto him,and take his hands,
saying,Accept all happiness from me.
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”
...>>whether or not God preceeded the concept of life, life preceeds the concept of God.
“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”
A man said to the Universe, “Sir, I exist.”
“However,” replied the Universe, “That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.”
“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”
“The Buddha was asked, ‘Are you a God?’ He said he was not. ‘Then what are you?’ He answered, ‘I am awake.’”