Well, if I am not drunk, I am mad, replied Syme with perfect calm; but I trust I can behave like a gentleman in either condition.
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnit...
There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.
Not being happy really is my fear.
Sometimes playing stupid opens your eyes to the truth.
How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlight...
Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.
Why this candle?Why this cake?The day of my birth is not today.I was born when you said, 'Hey.