"A multitude is strong while it holds together, but so soon as each of those who compose it begins ro think of his own private danger, it becomes weak and contemptible."
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"I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime."
"Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills."
"I think artists should be able to do different things whenever they want and I like the way I am. I'm like - I ain't gonna say the only street rapper, but the only mainstream, new, young street rapper there is right now and I'm doing well with it."
"One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works."
"In our house we don't take ourselves too seriously, and laughter is the best form of unity, I think, in a marriage."
"I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion."
"Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time."
"The mental suffering you create is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgement. The intensity of the suffering depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment."
"Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world."
"Ronaldo has come through for the past two or three years and is the best in Europe. I think at the moment no doubt Ronaldo is the best player."
"Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into."
"I think a lot of people compare their insides to other people’s outsides."
"To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility."
"Walk with those seeking truth... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT."
"I think better when I'm not sober"
"Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think."
"Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable."
"I've learned mainly by reading myself. So I don't think I have any original ideas. Certainly, I talk about reading Graham. I've read Phil Fisher. So I've gotten a lot of my ideas from reading. You can learn a lot from other people. In fact, I think if you learn basically from other people, you don't have to get too many new ideas on your own. You can just apply the best of what you see."
"I don’t think of dying, I think of being here now."