Doe Quotes - Page 108

The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.

It helps to think of soil as a living organism covered with skin like a human. We can live with a certain percentage of our skin damaged, but if too high a percentage is damaged, we die. So, too, does soil and thus most life

I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.

The 'lords of the earth' are those who are doing their Will. It does not necessarily mean people with coronets and automobiles; there are plenty of such people who are the most sorrowful slaves in the world. The sole test of one's lordship is to know what one's true Will is, and to do it.

Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage.

I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn't. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. A jury said he wasn't. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I.

If the body dies, it does no harm to the mind, but if the mind dies, one can no longer act as a man even though the body survives.

God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom.

Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.

It is fair to say that science provides no method of controlling the mind. Scientific work on the brain does not explain the mind-not yet.

Defect-free software does not exist.

Experience had taught me that innocence seldom utters outraged shrikes. Guilt does. Innocence is a mighty shield, and the man or woman covered by it, is much more likely to answer calmly: 'My life is blameless. Look into it, if you like, for you will find nothing.' That is the tone of innocence.

So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands.

The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact.

The unseen energy that was once in Shakespeare or Picasso or Galileo or any human form, is also available to all of us. That is because the spirit energy does not die, it simply changes form.

I did not know that [ the Chancellor Angela Merkel is a bit frightened of dogs]. I wanted to make her happy. When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologized, of course.

There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.

All my friends and family are either in prison or don't make enough money. I don't know what the president really does. I haven't been able to experience that kind of shift yet.

Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?

He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.

Show me a god that does not demand mortal suffering. Show me a god that celebrates diversity, a celebration that embraces even non-believers, and is not threatened by them. Show me a god that understands the meaning of peace. In life, not in death.