Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.
Why are women… so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.
Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.
I probably talk to myself more than I talk to anyone.
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.
It’s a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don’t understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
Yes, people pull the trigger – but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.
I’ve always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don’t write about it.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
Musicians don’t retire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.
Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go according to any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds, they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.
The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place.
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
You may say, ‘Well, dragons don’t exist.’ It’s, like, yes they do – the category ‘predator’ and the category ‘dragon’ are the same category. It absolutely exists. It’s a superordinate category. It exists absolutely more than anything else. In fact, it really exists.
I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I’m successful, I never feel like I’m anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I’m never content.
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what’s happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.
There is more hooey spread about the Second Amendment. It says quite clearly that guns are for those who form part of a well-regulated militia, i.e., the armed forces including the National Guard. The reasons for keeping them away from everyone else get clearer by the day.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like ‘What about lunch?’
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Compassion does not just happen. Pity does, but compassion is not pity. It’s not a feeling. Compassion is a viewpoint, a way of life, a perspective, a habit that becomes a discipline – and more than anything else, compassion is a choice we make that love is more important than comfort or convenience.
