My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
[last lines] Shuya: No matter how far, run for all you're worth. RUN.
Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as it is defective, it is evil.
The air is no less blue because the blind man doesn't see it.
A sword in the hands of a drunken slave is less dangerous than science in the hands of the unscrupulous.
Everyone is worth more than his neighbor and less than his son.
Where you were born is less important than how you live.
You will go far in the Church." "I have no desire to go far. My only ambition is to be a good priest." "You will be that, of course. Nevertheless, you will go higher. And do you know why?” “Why?” “Because,” said Orselli, “you are not afra...
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we ar...
Contemplating a flame perpetuates a primordial reverie. It separates us from the world and enlarges our world as dreamers. In itself the flame is a major presence, but being close to it makes us dream of far away, too far away. The flame is there, fe...
However, if you're cursed as I am with a love of storytelling and adventures in galaxies far, far away, and mythical creatures from fictional lands who are more real to you than actual people with blood and bones---which is to say, people who exist--...
The mountains are never so far apart but the animals find one another.
He who would visit a vice, never has far to travel.
Stealing may bring profit, but hanging costs far more.
A clear conscience is far more valuable than money.
A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.
A good name reaches far but a bad one reaches farther.
Stop doing stuff that doesn’t help you reach your goals. It sounds simple, doesn’t it? It’s a shame almost no one does it. The most common way we work more and do less is by working on the wrong stuff. We spend our time doing, doing, doing, eve...
How I long never to diminish God by loving lesser things. Rather, I want to make much of God by diminishing lesser things. May I make less of me, less of this world, less of the temporary…so that I may be a vessel more full of God, more full of ete...
