Others Quotes, page 16

“It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.”

“There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.”

“I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.”

“The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.”

“Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.”

“I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God's word because it finds me where I am.”

“As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.”

“God bless the Methodist Church — bless all the churches — and blessed be God, who, in this our great trial, giveth us the churches.”

“I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”

“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”

“It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.”

“Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.”

“Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but by the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm.”

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

“In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done.”

“Now that the wars are coming to an end, I wish you to prosper in peace. May all mortals from now on live like one people in concord and for mutual advancement. Consider the world as your country, with laws common to all and where the best will govern irrespective of tribe. I do not distinguish among men, as the narrow-minded do, both among Greeks and barbarians. I am not interested in the descent of the citizens or their racial origins. I classify them using one criterion: their virtue. For me every virtuous foreigner is a Greek and every evil Greek is worse than a barbarian. If differences ever develop between you, never have recourse to arms, but solve them peacefully. If necessary, I should be your arbitrator.”

“If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes.”

“It is better to have no women to dinner at all than to have only ugly ones.”

“The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.”

“To see is to be deceived. To hear is to be lied to. To feel is to believe.”

“Through my own observations, I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding.”

“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. The difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is crucial. Most people live only for their image.”

“True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible.”

“Let yourself go with disease; be with it, keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.”

“If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out; it is just a name. Don't fuss over it.”

“Nothingness cannot be defined; the softest thing cannot be snapped.”

“The first rule of business is: Do other men, for they would do you.”

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried than before — more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”

“People like us don't go out at night, because people like them see us for what we are.”

“Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.”