America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.
To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
I think there are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. We romanticize everything about people in movies. One of the things I don't like in movies is that people feel alone with their bodily functions in the real world, as if people in the movies don't do these things.
Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone.
On Facebook, your past comes into your present when someone from your second grade class suddenly pops up to send you a message, and your future is being manipulated by what Facebook knows to put in front of you next.
If certain Critics were as clearsighted as they are malignant, how great would be the benefit to be derived from their writings!