If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.
He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.
What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
The king reigns but does not govern.
I feel like I’m a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go – I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it’s like, ‘Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.’
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.
If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it’s life or death.
I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I’m going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, ‘It ain’t bad, but it ain’t San Francisco.’
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Safety is an illusion, and trying to protect ourselves does nothing more than protect us from experiencing a full, evolved, and juicy life.
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
Growing up, my dad was ‘get a real job, don’t go pursuing your dreams, that’s how you become homeless.’ So, do I pick my family or do I pick my own happiness, and how much does my own happiness depend on my family?
True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.
He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I’ve won.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
Football is an art, like dancing is an art – but only when it’s well done does it become an art.
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people’s failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
I have a complicated relationship with the zoo; maybe everyone does. It’s so wonderful and so sad.
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan’s egg.
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.
A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.
Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against.
Someone may ask, ‘How is justice greater than all the other virtues?’ The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others.
The truth does not need to be defended.
When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.
I like my shame straight up and honest, and nobody does it better than In-N-Out Burger. You go to In-N-Out Burger, and they ask you the most shameful question in fast food. ‘I’ll have a burger, fries and a Coke.’ ‘Will you be eating in the car?’ ‘Yeah. I think so.’
Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could truly be our goodbye. But we do have this moment. This time. Today. Right now. It takes way more effort to shell out hate then it does to allow love to flow freely in our lives. After all, it’s what we were born to do.
How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said.
