Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
Dawn is a precious time of day. It reminds us that every glory must fade, and that all things, cruel or sweet, come to an end.
The only thing sadder than hateful people’s willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige.
I'm on fire when I'm singing, I'm completely in character, I use my sense memories, and every syllable of it is meant. It's a very special thing.
Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the planet down.
I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'
We can only find those faults in others that already exist within us, and the same goes for those things we admire about them.
I believe great things are ahead for each of us. Now we just have to go ahead and create them.
I used to say in interviews that I don't necessarily want to be the first black woman or first model to do certain things; I just want to see it done.
We do not need such things to help us to see God,” I countered. “We have His Word, and that is enough.
I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.
The recognition that things that are not sustainable will eventually come to an end does not give us much of a guide to whether the transition will be calm or exciting.
Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.
Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate.
We need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do.
The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us.
Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is such a bad thing.
Irreverence not only shows disrespect to Deity but also makes it hard for the Spirit to teach us the things we need to know.
The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.
