Faith is not a blind thing; for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing; for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing; for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation.
One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.
WHEN SOMEBODY GOES AWAY THERE'S THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL THEM. WHEN SOMEBODY DIES MAYBE THAT'S THE WORST THING. YOU WANT TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT HAPPEN AFTER.
I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.
a hero is just somebody who does the right thing when it would be far, far easier to do nothing.” -Cedric Diggory-
This is the way things work sometimes, that good things get ideas from each other, say, well now let’s go ahead and let her have it all.
There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don't know.
The world's a scary place these days. Grandpa,, you've seen worse things, haven't you? Please tell me the world has always been like this.
Duty is doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons, without regard to the cost to one’s self.
My dear boy, looking like a thing has little to do with being a thing. Be the thing first, and you will grow to resemble it.
I know a thing or two about love. Well, maybe just a thing. A big, blurry thing, like Bigfoot.
If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.
The word connects the visible trace with the invisible thing, the absent thing, the thing that is desired or feared, like a frail emergency bridge flung over an abyss.
There are only two reasons why you leave someone you're still in love with - either it's the right thing to do, or it's the only thing to do.
One thing I've learned is that in the midst of your darkest moments of tribulation, there is no such thing as mass friends.
The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head. There is the illusion of aliveness.
I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.
The world turns and the world changes, But one thing does not change. In all of my years, one thing does not change, However you disguise it, this thing does not change: The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.
En las ligeras todas las cosas son visible, pero en la oscuridad, muchas cosas son imaginable. Translated: In the light all things are visible, but in the dark many things are imaginable.
My hand inside a glove is like a painting in a frame, and should be insured as such. The things my hand makes have immense value, so how much more valuable is the thing that makes the things?
Sometimes I ask myself, "Do I have the courage to do the right thing when it matters most?" And that answer, I'm afraid, is silence.
