John Quotes

The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam.

There is no reason that the universe should be designed for our convenience.

Seek first the Kingdom of God: that is, the first order of business is to transform one's own inner life, not the accumulation of external trappings of speculative knowledge.

A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.

The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

Ideas really do matter. But in any organization a good idea will only go so far unless its proponents are willing to fight the political games to get the idea adopted.

You need to bring your awakening into city life. Bring it into fast-paced complexity where it thrives.

That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while.

I got me a fine wife and I got me old fiddle, when the suns coming up I got cakes on the griddle. And life ain't nothing, but a funny, funny riddle.

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely

All genuine education comes about through experience.

We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.

The need for growth, for development, for change, is fundamental to life.

The ultimate aim of production is not production of goods but the production of free human beings associated with one another on terms of equality.

Always make the other person feel important.

As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.

If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.

I am a little world made cunningly.

Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.

Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.

By education most have been misled.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.

We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.

When a man's life is under debate, The judge can ne'er too long deliberate.

I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.

Possess your soul with patience.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

The surprising thing about this paper is that a man who could write it would.

God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

Every Saint belongs to the court of the Queen of All Saints.

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.

A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!'

We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do-for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder

If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it. Unfortunately, when the awareness comes, it is excruciating.

Whether I'm stressed out or angry or happy or depressed - however I feel, I say "I love my life," no matter what. That usually keeps me centered.

How do I not get so wrapped up in what I think needs to happen? Going with the flow is the way to do it.

Laughter - that is something very sacred especially for us Indians.

Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.

The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.

God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms.

To keep the heart then, is carefully to preserve it from sin which disorders it; and maintain that spiritual and gracious frame, which fits it for a life of communion with God.