Age Quotes - Page 113

The questioner has to come to an end. It is the questioner that creates the answer; and the questioner comes into being from the answer, otherwise there is no questioner.

Stop killing your brothers and your sisters and help them out in any difficulty. That's my message.

I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.

Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

There is a path from me to you that I am constantly looking for.

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

It was a good moment, the kind you would like to press between the pages of a book, or hide in your sock drawer, so you could touch it again.

My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet.

What's measured improves

Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow

As far as the search for truth is concerned, 98% of our thinking is rubbish. The remaining 2% is garbage. Throw it all out and be empty! Truth cannot be caught by intellect alone - grace is needed.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is a world of difference. Gandhi resisted evil with as much vigor and power as the violent resister, but True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love. . . .

... the agent provocateur of a good dinner.

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man.

Every person has a train of thought on which they travel when they are alone. The dignity and nobility of their life, as well as their happiness depend upon the direction in which that train is going, the baggage it carries and the scenery through which it travels.

The church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father.

There's a vintage which comes with age and experience.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.

No system has ever as yet existed which did not in some form involve the exploitation of some human beings for the advantage of others.