Quotes of: Do-unto-others Keyword

A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean. If my drawing, on the other hand, is so far from being a work of art that it needs THIS IS A HORSE written under it, what can it matter that neither you nor...

The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories

Abstaining from sex, hitting the books, and wearing loose-fitting clothes are common ways that girls try to molt their "slutty" image. But more often their shame leads them to self-destructive behavior. They become willing to do things that they woul...

Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation

Spiritual pride tends to speak of other persons’ sins with bitterness or with laughter and levity and an air of contempt. But pure Christian humility rather tends either to be silent about these problems or to speak of them with grief and pity. Spi...

Jonathan Edwards

I believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline.

How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed

The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway....

Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems

The only thing a person of my age can do is fall in love secretly, silently, like I had done with Mariana. Fall in love knowing that all is lost and there is no hope.

Battles in the Desert & Other Stories

I hold the key to his heart right here." He lifted a briefcase from his side to show her. "All we have to do is wind it up again.

Beauty and Other Dangerous Things

Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are...

William S. Burroughs

Movies are visual, aural, they involve people, and life, and ideas and art, they are so elastic. They can hold anything, withstand everything, and make you feel anything. Other arts can do that, but movies are the only ones that can incorporate other...

Wesley Morris

Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And in honesty.

It's So Easy: And Other Lies

It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind. -Algernon

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and on the air.

The "Rebecca" Notebook: And Other Memories

Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry, but do you dream of Heaven? Have you ever wanted to die?

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

You people have a religion of death that fills you with the joy and courage to confront it...I do not. I believe the only essential thing is to be alive.- Abrenucio

Of Love and Other Demons

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Long Walk to Freedom

Frankie," she said softly, "do you know what my idea of heaven is? A place where the windows are always clean, and the people I want can always come to dinner.

The Listener and Other Stories

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.

The Story of Mary Maclane & Other Writings

I came here to be for all and with all, and what I do today in my solitude will be echoed tomorrow by the multitude. What I say now with one heart will be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts...

The Prophet and Other Writings

Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same.

Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

Patty Duke