Science fiction encourages us to explore… all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.
The way we experience the world around us is a direct reflection of the world within us.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Morality is of the highest importance – but for us, not for God.
If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak our mind. Now, in the process, if unknowingly my words came across as disrespectful or insulting, then I am deeply sorry. I don’t want to hurt anyone.
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind – this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.
Reconciliation and forgiveness can actually help all of us move on in a healthier, happier way.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Hatred, anger, and violence can destroy us: the politics of polarization is dangerous.
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
None of Us is as Good as All of Us.
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side… It has revealed to us much about man’s shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.
We cannot live being obsessed with what other people think about us. It’s impossible to live like that. Not even God managed to please the entire world.
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
Many of us are more capable than some of us… but none of us is as capable as all of us!
We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.
Only the holy spirit, the spirit of the lord, can transform us.
Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!
If God wanted us to be naked, why did he invent sexy lingerie?
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.
If God wanted us to bend over he’d put diamonds on the floor.
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.
One mustn’t look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.
We must dare to think ‘unthinkable’ thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.
The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.
We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
Music is sunshine. Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.
Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don’t let your eyes deceive you.
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result.
Oprah’s got good politics, she’s got a good heart, and she’ll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we’re Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president.
Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us ‘future proof’ our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and drives brand growth.
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world.
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.
Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.
The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
