Does Quotes

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does.

Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.

My painting does not come from the easel.

Israel welcomes the wind of change, and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.

There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.

Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do.

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

Why does God endow us with compassion?

The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.

Death does not exist.

I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the nomination for the Republican party, and does not want me to succeed at becoming President of the United States of America.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.