Doe Quotes - Page 82

If artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.

The hypothesis is pretty; its only fault is that it is neither demonstrated nor demonstrable. Who does not see that this is purely arbitrary fiction that puts nothingness as existing and proposes nothing more than simple noncontradiciton?

Beer does not make itself properly by itself. It takes an element of mystery and of things that no one can understand.

A human being does not cease to exist at death. It is change, not destruction, which takes place.

Prostitution is the most hideous of the afflictions produced by the unequal distribution of the world's goods; this infamy stigmatizes the human species and bears witness against the social organization far more than does crime.

You don't do things because of the rewards or because someone may remember you after you are gone. The satisfaction is in the doing. Whether or not someone remembers does not really matter.

How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable.

But I do not know whether the photograph can, or does, say things as they really are. Something has been lost. But the representation is all we have.

A holy life does not live in the closet, but it cannot live without the closet.

When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.

The body does not create the mind; the Mind creates the body.

Anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.

God does not love us because we are lovable, have a pleasing personality or a good sense of humor, or at rare times show exceptional kindness. In spite of who we are and what we have done, God wants to pour out His love on us, for the unlovable are also precious unto Him.

A lot of it revolves around food with me because a lot of my life does in a way.

...slow down and self-edit and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything: "Does this need to be said?" "Does this need to be said by me?" "Does this need to be said by me now?"

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

The brain is a mystery; it has been and still will be. How does the brain produce thoughts? That is the central question and we have still no answer to it.

The trumpet does not more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility.

... all education must be unsound which does not propose for itself some object; and the highest of all objects must be that of living a life in accordance with God's Will.

What America does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is to understand others.

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

Why does it take two days for a polaroid of John Major to appear?

Success does not come to the most righteous and rigorously disciplined but to those who continue running.