Which Quotes

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

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.