Which Quotes

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire.

How come liberals never admit that they're liberal? They've now come up with a new word called 'progressive,' which I thought was an insurance company but apparently it's a label.

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it has flowed by meditating only on the images offered by those changing shores.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.