To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

Crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cranky. There’s entertaining cranky, annoying cranky, angry cranky.

I have discovered that my interest in my dear pupil, Mabel, has ripened into a far deeper feeling than that of mere friendship. In fact, I know that I have learned to love her very sincerely.

To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we’re probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.

If you hear Anarchy in the UK today your hair stands on end. It gives you the shivers.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause.

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there’s time, the Bastard Time.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

I think ‚The Color Purple‘ is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.

Life is grim, and we don’t have to be grim all the time.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

I think the running game is very important to every offense. Being balanced is extremely important. There’s times where you have to throw the ball. You could be down late in the game, you need to come back; you have to be able to pass it when they know you’re passing it.

Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go according to any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds, they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren’t susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

You can’t have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

I don’t ever make moves under pressure.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

I’m tired. I’m tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I’m tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

I have spoken about inflation, unemployment, farmers‘ problems, security, etc. I keep talking about these issues. I seek answers from the Indian government.

I’m not ashamed to say I fear something.

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

I will continue to believe that Israel’s security is paramount.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

I searched for years I found no love. I’m sure that love will never be a product of plasticity.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit; your machine can be taken over totally.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.