A.J.P. Taylor Quotes

The branch of the vine does not worry, and toil, and rush here to seek for sunshine, and there to find rain. No; it rests in union and communion with the vine...Let us so abide in the Lord Jesus.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

You are the best thing that's ever been mine.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

A scientific discovery is also a religious discovery. There is no conflict between science and religion. Our knowledge of God is made larger with every discovery we make about the world.

It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

If you're lucky enough to be different, never change.

Let us never forget that what we are is more important than what we do.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.

My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.

All our difficulties are only platforms for the manifestations of His grace, power and love.

You will never be able to find happiness if you stay attached to the wrong person and don't move on.

Success is a great deodorant.

It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

Be yourself, chase your dreams, and just never say never. That's the best advice I could ever give someone.

You try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.

Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself.

To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.

The man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently ... stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron

Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies -- whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.

An osteopath is only a human engineer, who should understand all the laws governing his engine and thereby master disease.

Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in and starts connecting our anger with past events.

One of the first things a family tries to teach its children is the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. One of the first things our schools do is destroy that distinction.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

The primary goal of real education is not to deliver facts but to guide students to the truths that will allow them to take responsibility for their lives.

The words you'll most regret Are the ones that are left unsaid.

I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you're crazy.

Just be yourself, there is no one better.

You may not always end up where you thought you were going, But you will always end up where you were meant to be.

My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.