True happiness is impossible without solitude. The fallen angel probably betrayed God because he longed for solitude, which angels do not know.
Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true, and, in the case of the human heart, saying more than one feels.
It's not love at first sight, it's having the sight, to distinguish true love, from just mere beauty.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks.
It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.
Prosperity has many friends, even adversity has a few friends, but originality practicing the reality of altruistic humanity in life has only true friends.
If a book were written all in numbers, it would be true. It would be just. Nothing said in words ever came out quite even.
I wouldn’t want perfect love. I want true love, the kind that doesn’t depend on pretending to be better than I am.
Focusing on worldly achievements and acceptance has never been the way to true happiness, and an obsessive, discontent with our physical appearance can lead to unhappiness if not despair.
The Cycle of True Love: First I see and think I love, then I say I know I love, today and forever more I decide to love.
Some people say it's easy to lie. This may be true for them, but the hard part is remembering the lie because a lie has no memory.
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.
Doctor: Ray, can we try something? Raymond: Yeah. Doctor: Do you know how much 312 x 123 is? Raymond: [saying digit after digit] 3-8-3-7-6. Doctor: [amazed] He's right. Charlie: What? Doctor: He's right! Charlie: He's right? Doctor: Yeah. [the calcul...
True, [Gary Nolan] might not strike fear into the hearts of all you free-swinging power hitters out there—at least not in the same way as, say, Tom Seaver … but without question he was one of the most talented pitchers in baseball during the Big ...
For, dear me, why abandon a belief Merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough, and not a doubt It will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life Is due to truths being in and out of favor. As I sit ...
Always' was a promise! How can you just break the promise?" "Sometimes people don't always understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said. Isaac shot me a look. "Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love...
You've done her a service to teach her that romantic love is largely made of illusion." [said Mina.] "Is it?" Alessandra asked, unable to suppress a worried sigh. Mina looked at her as if she knew exactly what Alessandra was thinking. "I said 'romant...
Awakening and owning the dreams that God has placed in our hearts isn't about getting stuff or attaining something. It's about embracing who we are and who he has created us to be. In him. He is our dream come true, and the one true love of our life....
Have I heard all the stories I need to hear?" she asked, stupidly. But he answered as if it were a good question. "No, you haven't. But you don't have time to hear any more from me. So listen for stories wherever you go. It won't always be someone te...
