People Quotes - Page 274

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

We actually are waiting for more people to be killed before we can do something that makes sense. We don't kill enough people in aviation to merit regulatory changes.

If 50 million people say a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing.

No local church can afford to go without the encouragement and nourishment that will come to it by sending away its best people.

Don't use social media to impress people; use it to impact people.

The three pillars of development (economic, social and environmental) must be strengthened together. But it is evident that two of the pillars - economic and social - are subsidiary to, and underpinned by, the third: a vibrant global ecology. Neither dollars nor our species will out-survive our planet. The earth can survive happily without people or profit

I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when so much information and entertainment were in the hands of so few people, with multinationals owning everything.

I love the DJ scene out in the clubs. It is a great way to party and make people happy, the atmosphere is one that I use as an escape from reality.

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made.

Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.

Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them.

People are dying in vain because America isn't holding their end of the bargain up, as far as giving freedom and justice, liberty to everybody. That's something that's not happening.

Very often, people confuse simple with simplistic. The nuance is lost on most.

I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.

Maybe this is a characteristic of happy people. An ability to be entertained by the world.

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.

The rain probably dampened the spirits of those that decided not to come. But the people who were here didn't know it was raining because they were having so much fun.

People start to heal the moment they feel heard.

Just because some people are fueled by drama doesn't mean you have to attend the performance.

People will call you anything. It's up to you either to pick up the phone or not.

If the devil never roars, the Church will never sing! God is not doing much if the devil is not awake and busy. Depend upon it: a working Christ makes a raging devil! When you hear ill reports, cruel speeches, threats, taunts and the like, believe that the Lord is among His people and is working gloriously.

People with a psychological need to believe in marvels are no more prejudiced and gullible than people with a psychological need not to believe in marvels.

‎He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them.

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.