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Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he's got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.
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He never bore a grudge against anyone he wronged.
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A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
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Because sometimes there's more worth in silence than noise. Sometimes everything you need to know is contained in that small quiet space. Sometimes we get so caught up in distraction and noise and seeking other people's approval we forget the quiet seed of truth that lives in our hearts. But just because we fail to tune in to it, doesn't mean it's not there.
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I think the American public wants a solemn ***** as a president, and I think I'll go along with them.
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Intellectually, as politically, the direction of all true progress is towards greater freedom, and along an endless succession of ideas.
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My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine. But we human beings are not like dogs. We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.
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Will you walk into my parlour? Said the spider to a fly: '"Tis the prettiest little parlour That ever you did spy.
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The Senate is extremely slow: They have enormous difficulty passing the bills that even get through the House. That's the reality that I've recognized in my two years: that it takes time to change the world.
