Doe Quotes - Page 35

Truth is I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people matter.

The world does not believe the Bible and the church does not obey it.

Any information is valuable to the degree that you can use it. In other words, any information is valuable to the degree that you can make it yours. Scientology does not teach you. It only reminds you. For the information was yours in the first place. It is not only the science of life, but it is an account of what you were doing before you forgot what you were doing.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

It should be clear that the death penalty does just the opposite of promoting decency and respect for life. It dehumanizes people and promotes murder. It can never be applied fairly.

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.

It's really easy to play harmonics, anyone can do it. It's another thing to be able to swing, to make to make a band swing, to create a groove. Harmonics ain't everything. Being able to play harmonics certainly does not make you a good bass player. Cleverness is no substitute for true awareness.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Nature does not care that you are comfortable, only that you evolve.

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass- you don't see it, but somehow it does something

The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.

Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain - and since labor is pain in itself - it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it. When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.

Fairness does not require the redistribution of wealth; it requires the creation of wealth, geared to an economy that can provide employment for everyone able and willing to work.

Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected

We write. How fortunate we are: The world does not close in on us. The world does not grow smaller.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.

Progress depends as much on our collective differences as it does on our individual IQ scores.

Look you dead in the face Now tell me how good does it taste

Apart from the body does the world exist? Has anyone seen the world without the body?

If knowledge is not put into practice, it does not benefit one.

Revolution does have to be violent precisely because the Pharaoh won't let you go. If the Pharaoh would let you go, the revolution won't have to be violent.

We all have a fear of the unknown what one does with that fear will make all the difference in the world.