The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
You should treat a muse like a fairy.
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind – it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally.
No partner in a love relationship… should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.
If you’re going to wear a cowboy hat, you’re going to have to go all the way. You should have livestock around you, settle all of your disputes with a pistol, and ride a horse absolutely everywhere.
Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.
Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right.
Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.
I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.
All of Africa’s resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.
I have been given a list of 35 white farmers in Mashonaland West alone. We say no to whites owning our land, and they should go… They can own companies and apartments… but not the soil. It is ours, and that message should ring loud and clear in Britain and the United States.
I can’t really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don’t see why I should.
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
You know what should be banned? Stuff that’s whack. The world is controversial. The world is classist. The world is racist.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.
What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
Peace, unity, love, and nonviolence should be our rallying cry and the catalyst for change in our nation.
If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?
A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.
There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.
Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.
The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Just because you can afford it doesn’t mean you should buy it.
The very important thing you should have is patience.
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out about.
I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we’re preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.
How long should a man’s legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
Accountability for police officers should be an expectation, not an aberration.
All the people that criticised me should eat their words.
I don’t want to forgive myself. That’s why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you’re guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it – how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.
You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down.
If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.
All farewells should be sudden, when forever.
Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.
Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
Life is tough, and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives.
They’re thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he’ll learn all that is necessary for him to know.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
‘Back To Love’ is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it’s a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people.
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we’ve seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka… and welcome to my chocolate factory.
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
