Al David Quotes
Mammals require three essentials in life, identity, stimulation, and security, and by far the most important of these three psychological cornerstones is identity.
I wasn't sure what was happening between us, but I didn't want it to happen without me.
It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.
Perfume counters in department stores, Holly Deblin smells of, the middle of July, and cinnamon Tic Tacs.
The Universal Consciousness's feeling is unqualified love for all of its creatures, no matter how foolish and desperate they act.
For students who have not been required to confess that it is easier to learn theology then live it, it is tempting to think maturity is more a matter of knowing in a matter of living
I just realized that I don't have to have an opinion about everything--what a relief!
I never wanted to run a company.To me a business is a good vehicle for getting stuff done. Mark Zuckerberg in The Facebook Effect written by David Kirkpatrick
The meek shall indeed inherit the earth. They have the power to act rationally instead of reacting emotionally.
...he'd been able to deal with that pain because he'd accepted his own part in causing it
His action was inexcusable, but it was forgivable.
Danger lies in the extreme. A man who is always cruel is evil, a man who is always compassionate will be taken advantage of. It is more a question of balance, or harmony, if you will.
I say good-bye to hope, but I also say goodbye to hope's disappointment.
I've always wanted the happy ending, but now I'll just settle for the ending.
The ecstasy of seeing her versus the agony of losing her, a million births and a million deaths.
when someone dumps you, it's heartbreaking and insulting and horrible, sure, but being the one who breaks up is almost as bad.
Now I just want it to end. I’ve always wanted the happy ending, but now I’ll just settle for the ending.
That's what it felt like---that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.
My eyes are open and I’m not seeing a thing because I am so lost inside.
Mistakes are like bad loves, the more you learn from them, the more you wish they’d never happened.
What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give. The totality of their life, of the way they go about it in the smallest details, is what gets transmitted.
To nurture your career, it makes sense to cultivate your strengths. To nurture your moral core, it is necessary to confront your weaknesses.
You can’t build rich lives simply by reading sermons or following abstract rules. Example is the best teacher. Moral improvement occurs most reliably when the heart is warmed,
(Kindness) is much more a sign of character than mere niceness. Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen."-David Levithan (Every Day)
An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?
But there's nothing wrong with being scared. I think everyone's a little scared. Even the government.
Their lips touched now, mouths pursed tight, their eyes open, both of them stock still. The moment held, a kind of such glorious confusion.
It says if you mess up or make the wrong choice, you just have to keep at it until you do it right.
We reach for the same brand not because we trust its quality but because we want to reassure ourselves that we made a smart choice the last time we bought it.
Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't give a damn how friendly he is. It's what he does that matters.
The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature.
Even logic and conversation are really just forms of trading, and as in all things, humans will always try to seek their own best advantage, to seek the greatest profit they can from the exchange.
john was smart, but he was also a young male with a usually empty belly. sometimes it was simple as that
A veteran artist counsels a less experienced one to start a painting using colors in the middle range so that the painter can move to more extreme colors as the work progresses.
It's more than words & somehow more than actions could ever show. It's hard to explicate this feeling I have for you, but it's one I could live out the rest of my days trying to make you understand.