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"One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some kind of velvety cool blackness," adding then: "Of course, I admit I may be wrong. It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest.""
"Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life's journey."
"[Duesberg] is absolutely correct in saying that no one has proven that AIDS is caused by the AIDS virus. And he is absolutely correct that the virus cultured in the laboratory may not be the cause of AIDS."
"Though my heart may be left of centre, I have always known that the only economic system that works is a market economy... This is the only natural economy, the only kind that makes sense, the only one that can lead to prosperity, because it is the only one that reflects the nature of life itself."
"The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns."
"Believe that you may understand."
"This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God."
"Let us, on both sides, lay aside all arrogance. Let us not, on either side, claim that we have already discovered the truth. Let us seek it together as something which is known to neither of us. For then only may we seek it, lovingly and tranquilly, if there be no bold presumption that it is already discovered and possessed."
"A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit."
"I’ve never been shy or secretive with the fact that if you walk into my life, you may be walking onto a record."
"Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not do."
"The eye of prudence may never shut."
"For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?"
"Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort."
"Fundamentally, therefore, any man can, even under such circumstances, decide what shall become of him—mentally and spiritually. He may retain his human dignity even in a concentration camp."
"May nothing wind you up, nothing affright you; everything comes and goes. God, still, just there; through patience all will be achieved. If you have God, you lack nothing: God alone will do."
"Every man has some favorite topic of conversation, on which, by a feigned seriousness of attention, he may be drawn to expatiate without end."
"We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide."
"It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery."
"The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, and he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. That which is feared may sometimes be avoided, but that which is regretted to-day may be regretted again to-morrow."
