While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.
I've heard that almost all the people crowding around the big art openings barely look at the work on display and are just there to hobnob. Nothing wrong with that, except that none of them ever come back to look at the art - but they will tell every...
I love books, I love art, I'm a fanatic nature and wildlife person. People assume I'm a political animal, power hungry, wanting to run for office. And anyone who knows me knows that none of that's true.
I had a million different dreams but none of them was stronger than the rest. In the end they probably would have paralyzed me.
And all of the scientific data, statistical facts and empirical evidence can't compete with the indefinable heart's desire. For if in the end, she loves you, and she chooses you…none of the rest of this will matter.
There is fear hanging in the air of the sleeping halls, and the air of the streets. Fear walks through the city, fear without name, without shape. All men feel it and none dare speak.
We follow our scripts like actors in a very large, very long production. And even with no audience, none of us gives a hint that it isn't real.
Suffering is tossed by handfuls over the multitudes, with most of it falling on some people and little or none of it on others.
I could think of no better place to secretly murder someone than inside a fridge. Well, actually there were probably several better ones, but none came to mind at the time.
There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.
None of us deserve God's forgiveness. The Bible says to forgive because God forgave us. It doesn't say anything about deserving it or even asking for it.
None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils; it's all a matter of what attitude you take towards them.
You are responsible for doing what good you can with what you have, and any good is better than none.
I'm too much old-timer to be rude to a woman no matter what - they have so much of what we have none of.
I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.
As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.
Smartass Disciple: Master, what are you talking about? None of us understand! Master of Stupidity: Be patient! It is not ended yet. The end justifies the means.
Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.
But a bond is a bond. And when you’re young and haven’t yet learned to live in your own solitude, even a destructive bond can seem better than none.
The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic.
Famous people steal my quotes all of the time without knowing; none of it is ever very interesting though.
