Doe Quotes - Page 60

Nothing enables people to do evil as much as does a sense of victimhood

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

Praise causes the presence of the Lord to come into our midst. Even though God is omniscient, He manifests His authority and rule in our environment when we praise Him. When we praise, God comes in and leads us forth... He does not just visit us, but He abides and aligns Himself with us to walk with us into the path that He has chosen for us.

If imperialism is not banished from the country, China will perish as a nation. If China does not perish, then imperialism cannot remain.

Oppression does not make for hearts as big as all outdoors. Oppression makes us big and small. Expressive and silenced. Deep and dead.

The future does not belong to men.

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.

Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.

God does not call us to be successful, but to be obedient.

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?

Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.

A photograph has edges the world does not.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

God does not punish us for our sins but by them.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers and Leo does it here. We want him to stay with us because he's the best and we wouldn't swap him for anyone.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Painting that does not radiate feeling is not worth looking at. The deepest-and rarest-of grown-up pleasures is true feeling.

Isaac Asimov's remark about the infantilism of pseudoscience is just as applicable to religion: 'Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.' It is astonishing, moreover, how many people are unable to understand that 'X is comforting' does not imply 'X is true'.

Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?

What does learning mean: accumulating knowledge or transforming your life?

To the self-righteous, being judged according to deeds does not seem too alarming but to the man who knows himself the thought is terrifying.

I want to do with you what the spring does with the cherry trees.