“The Buddha was asked, ‘Are you a God?’ He said he was not. ‘Then what are you?’ He answered, ‘I am awake.’”
“no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.”
“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible.”
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.
Unless you got lost on purpose
You would never get this far.
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”
“It takes only one drink to get me drunk.
The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.”
“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: ‘No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall’.”
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.”
“That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” ~Calvin
“I’m learning real skills that i can apply throughout the rest of my life … procrastinating and rationalizing.”
“in my opinion, we don’t devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”
"To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow, To run where the brave dare not go.
...>>“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”
“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.”
“We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversation with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.”
“living is a thing you do
now or never—which do you?”
“it’s not a superiority complex. it’s a matter of fact.”
"[I]f an American jumps out of an airplane, you can't sell him a parachute until after he hits the ground.
...>>“To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another.”