"Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference."
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"That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."
"A novel according to my taste, does not come into the moderately good class unless it contains some person whom one can thoroughly love - and if a pretty woman, all the better."
"As some of the lowest organisms, in which nerves cannot be detected, are capable of perceiving light, it does not seem impossible that certain sensitive elements in their sarcode should become aggregated and developed into nerves, endowed with this special sensibility."
"One does not necessarily have to wait for a revolutionary situation: it can be created."
"A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?"
"For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?"
"The adage that you are either gay or straight or you are lying. Well, that's not true. Bisexuality does exist"
"On Fox News, Donald Trump said Obama's birth certificate could indicate that he's a Muslim. Trump said he doesn't trust anyone with a foreign-sounding name, and neither does his daughter Ivanka."
"Life does not require you to sacrifice or compromise your joy to get what you want. Joy is what you want, so when you choose in harmony with it, you are fulfilling your purpose in living."
"The fact that there was no catastrophic pandemic in recent history does not mean there won't be another one. And we are certainly not prepared for the next pandemic."
"My calling is to preach the love of God and the forgiveness of God and the fact that he does forgive us."
"Describe your product in terms of what it does not in terms of what it is."
"The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it."
"We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness."
"There does, in fact, appear to be a plan."
"God Almighty does not throw dice."
"If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself."
"...it is not what one has experienced but what one does with what one has experienced that matters."
"I just love Rome. It really does cast a spell on you."