May Quotes - Page 72

Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm.

I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be

To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.

The passing of Marxism-Leninism first from China and then from the Soviet Union will mean its death as a living ideology ... . For while there may be some isolated true believers left in places like Managua, Pyongyang, or Cambridge, MA.

I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent.

One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.

Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.

Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.

I think that the more people go through their own personal initiations, the less collective destruction may be unleashed on the planet.

Instead of exhorting you to augment your charity, I will rather utter an exhortation, or at least a supplication, that you may not abuse your charity by misapplying it.

Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.

I feel the sexiest when I'm by myself, walking around nude. I have this new obsession with nudity, it's really weird. It may sound weird, but I just really love embracing the body.

We may disagree on some things, but we can do so without being disagreeable.

Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.

The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above.

I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional.

Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain the possibility that we may not know what we think we know.

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.