John Quotes

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.

You're short on ears and long on mouth.

Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss.

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.

The experienced, wise, energetic, intelligent individual functioning in a loose coalition with others in a wide network is far more effective than he is in a tightly organized group.

The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction

Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure.

People love to hear good news about their bad habits.

Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong.

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'

When the voice and the vision on the inside is more profound, and more clear and loud than all opinions on the outside, you've begun to master your life.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Respect every opponent, but fear none.

Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with Him each week.

You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!

A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.

[I believe in the] rebuilding of Judea as an independent nation.

With their four-dimensional minds, and in their interdisciplinary ultra verbal way, geologists can wiggle out of almost anything.

If you're not lost, you're not much of an explorer.

If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.

Is there another Life? Shall I awake and find all this a dream? There must be we cannot be created for this sort of suffering.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Freely we serve, because freely we love.

I didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth.

The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.

But no temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...as if into this one mountain mansion Nature had gathered her choicest treasures.

If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.

He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.

I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply meaningful world around me.

Ads are baked into content like chocolate chips into a cookie. Except, it’s actually more like raisins into a cookie - because nobody f-‍-‍-ing wants them there.

Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

I find anthropology is a marvellous discipline to shock me out of my own world into another world.

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.

December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory.

When you come to Parliament on your first day, you wonder how you ever got here. After that, you wonder how the other 263 members got here.

Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play

We cannot rely on God's promises without obeying his commandments.

The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.

Be reckless enough to gamble all or nothing to follow your dreams