Which Quotes

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.

I was raised a Christian, but I wouldn't call myself a Christian now. I think when I was younger it was easier to focus on the negative, nihilist vision... this is sort of picking up on the other half of the body, which is God and white light.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Republicans have offered dozens of comprehensive healthcare plans many of which achieve comprehensive healthcare reform without breaking what's working in healthcare. We want to fix what's broken in healthcare.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

I don't follow trends. I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I call 'Lolita Meets Old Hollywood Glam.'

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

I would cap the amount of federal government can spend at 20 percent of the economy. Bring it back to 20 percent or lower. And say, we are not going to spend above that level. Democrats, they want to raise your taxes and spend more and more and turn us into an economy which is no longer driven by the private sector.