Al David Quotes

If the soul is immortal then it is one with the Godhead.

They have to know, for we know, that reincarnation is real.

True sacrifice is merely self-control.

It is the thinnest lines that define us.

It’s maybe impossible to escape (your own head), but I guess the secret is the prison cell just gets bigger and bigger and bigger and prettier and prettier and prettier.

Do not make promises when you are happy, either way never make decisions when you are angry. Stay calm.

Word of advice for any young man that might want to take out Malia or Sasha Obama - Their father can order an assassination, don't piss him off.

Word of advice - never ask a terrorist the question 'What would you do for a Klondike bar?'.

It is proper Netiquette to post pictures with status updates to make them more engaging. NetworkEtiquette.net

One word of caution—be careful how much you listen to the advice of others when in a deep pit of despair.

No. I don't. You don't always have to be who they want you to be, you know.

Go for your goal, be ambitious. Do what you dream, unlock your wishes.

Take it from an old cadaver. Let go of the past.

It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

I recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom..." & I pretended to extract a speck from my eye.

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)

The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life is an achievement. To do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance.

What's life without whim's?

It had the tangled floor plan common to all hospitals, seemingly designed by someone who believed in the healing power of watching confused visitors aimlessly wander around hallways.

I'm sorry, " he says. "I don't usually like people. So when I do, part of me is really amused and the other part refuses to believe it's happening.

They lived and they laughed and they saw it was good.

Wanna know the secret to nailing a great speech? It's simple--don't trust words.

While there are memories I wish I could dispose of, sometimes my memories are the only things that keep me sane.

We are young and the night is young. We are in the middle of somewhere and we are feeling everything.

Survival isn't a race. It's a dance.

As soon as Neil is out of the shower, he texts Peter. You up? he asks.And the reply comes instantly:For anything.

I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable.Is it sickness or is it heartbreak?I can't tell.The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

Sorry about your bad luck.

There are few things more discomfiting than a spontaneous outburst of genuine decency from someone you’re determined to dislike for no good reason.

What are your interests?""Your son in my room, " I said."Excuse me?""The sun and the moon, " I said. "Astronomy.

She smelled of talcum powder and Big Red.

There is more to darkness than nightfall.

I looked at the people, then, and I saw how busy they were - how much industry and energy described their lives.

To be unable to read was the ultimate measure of wretchedness.

The people who say poverty is no excuse for low performance are now using teacher accountability as an excuse for doing nothing about poverty.

Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one.

She was not a writer herself but she was a very good reader, passionate and eclectic in her tastes, and my father had great faith in her judgments.

And grade every simile and metaphor from one star to five, and remove any threes or below. It hurts when you operate, but afterwards you feel much better.

Only one-tenth of what you write will make it into your manuscript, but when you knock on that tenth” – I rap my knuckles on the table – “you’ll hear oaken solidity, not sawdust and glue.

Not everyone will like what you write but there's a certain group who'll love what you write. Keep WRITING for them.

Yes, I could stop writing... But only after I shoot myself.

Love and adventure are life's condiments.

Adventure is found not in a fair wind, but rather in a raging tempest.

Well, bugger me, " cried Jonas when he saw Richie with his bow, "is it Robin Hood or Adam Bell come to save us? Nay, it's Richie O'the Bow, hero of ballad and song!

What's life without whims?

It is grace to be forgiven of sinful acts, and grace to be supplied the heart for righteous ones.

The grace of God cannot be quarantined to individuals.

The way to conquer sin is not by working hard to change our deeds, but by trusting Jesus to change our desires. Follow Me, pg. 111.

Anything can happen. But almost always, just normal things happen and people have happy lives.

This is the world in which everyone is sensitised to risk but indifferent to fate.