Which Quotes

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with sex and beauty, and arises out of sex and beauty, is intuition.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I'm human, I'm not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I'm already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

When someone says that I'm angry it's actually a compliment. I have not always been direct with my anger in my relationships, which is part of why I'd write about it in my songs because I had such fear around expressing anger as a woman.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.