The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
It is natural for a young fellow to like the acquaintance of females and customary for him to keep them company when occasion serves. Some one of them is more agreeable to him than the rest; there is something, he knows not what, pleases him, he knows not how, in her company. This I take to be what is called love with the greatest part of us.
You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.
A photographer without a magazine behind him is like a farmer without fields.
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
How can it be wrong? Love picks the right path, not the one of least resistance.
The stupid part is that he isn't interested in... in getting serious. We get along. We have fun together. For him, that's enough. And it's so stupid for me to get hung up on him.
We should never present flesh as somehow morally distinguishable from dairy. To the extent it is morally wrong to eat flesh, it is as morally wrong and possibly more morally wrong to consume dairy
...beauty is not symmetry of parts- that's so impotent -as Mishima says, beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs
Sometimes I think I spent forever waiting for you,' he says. 'My whole life, I've never had someone like you. Someone who doesn't have to be there, but is anyway. Someone who wants to just ... be with me because they want me. For me. Not because I'm your brother or your kid or anything, but because you choose me.
The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. Ahimsa Parmo Dharmah- Non-injury is the highest religion
Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan
These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.
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