Doe Quotes - Page 54

The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.

One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.

No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart.

Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.

Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.

Khashyah (fear) is to fear Allah until His fear comes between you and your sins - that is true khashyah. And Dhikr (remembrance) is to obey Allah so whoever obeys Him has indeed remembered Him, and whoever does not obey Him is not a dhakir - even if he makes abundant tasbih (glorification) and recites much of Qur'an.

God does not give His people a ministry for which He does not give them the power to do it.

Love does not die, when someone gets old, people get old, because they can not love anymore.

Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists classification.

The poison by which the weaker nature is destroyed is strengthening to the strong individual and he does not call it poison.

He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger

I do not so easily think in words.... after being hard at work having arrived at results that are perfectly clear... I have to translate my thoughts in a language that does not run evenly with them.

Most people do not realize that as they continue to find things to complain about, they disallow their own physical well-being. Many do not realize that before they were complaining about an aching body or a chronic disease, they were complaining about many other things first. It does not matter if the object of your complaint is about someone you are angry with, behavior in others that you believe is wrong, or something wrong with your own physical body. Complaining is complaining, and it disallows improvement.

Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.

Does it ever stop? The wanting you?" "Even when I've just left ye. I want you so much my chest feels tight and my fingers ache with wanting to touch ye again.

What a hell of an economic system! Some are replete with everything while others, whose stomachs are no less demanding, whose hunger is just as recurrent, have nothing to bite on. The worst of it is the constrained posture need puts you in. The needy man does not walk like the rest; he skips, slithers, twists, crawls.

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.

Does the universe exist only for me? It's possible. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit.

People have taught me what most doctors don't learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they're doing very well and to keep it up. I learned to say, "You didn't die when you were supposed to so what's going on?", and they always had a story to tell me.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

I always say that a girl never really looks as well as she does on board a steamship, or even a yacht.

Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right.

History never repeats itself. Man always does.