Quotes 121 till 140 of 1220.
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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
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A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.
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A superficial knowledge is not enough. It must be a knowledge capable of analyzing a situation quickly and making an immediate decision.
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A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
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Acting is an expression of imagination. No firsthand knowledge is necessary.
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Activity is the only road to knowledge.
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Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge.
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.
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After all, what is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence? One reads to tickle and amuse one's mind; one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.
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All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.
Rolling Stone Magazine, 16-04-1992 -
All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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