Doe Quotes - Page 63

Whoever reaches into a rosebush may seize a handful of flowers; but no matter how many one holds, it's only a small portion of the whole. Nevertheless, a handful is enough to experience the nature of the flowers. Only if we refuse to reach into the bush, because we can't possibly seize all the flowers at once, or if we spread out our handful of roses as if it were the whole of the bush itself -- only then does it bloom apart from us, unknown to us, and we are left alone.

A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way.

He who does not trust enough will not be trusted.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself... I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.

It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.

The past does not define, you the present does.

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs.

Perhaps you have to have a little bit of hope to believe that beauty can be found, to believe that life does come back, that something can surprise you. And maybe hope and wonder are somehow related. Maybe wonder feeds hope and hope feeds wonder. You see something beautiful and it reminds you that it's possible to see something beautiful.

A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.

Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

Thought does not ennoble us and neither does it differentiate humans from other animals.

It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.

No man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small.

Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone. It can for children - for anyone. It still does for me.

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

An author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty.

Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume that it rightfully falls within our jurisdiction.

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

Mediocrity is gonna kill the world before Armageddon ever does.

Somebody does somethin' stupid, that's human. They don't stop when they see it's wrong, that's a fool.

If greed were not the master of modern man, how could it be that the frenzy of economic activity does not abate as higher standards of living are attained, and that it is precisely the richest societies which pursue their economic advantage with the greatest ruthlessness?

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.