We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.

My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the different charities and makes the very hard decisions about where that pool of funds is going to go.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

When in doubt, don’t.

I always wanted more – more of everything.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

I don’t know what’s better gettin‘ laid or gettin‘ paid.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

Never give an order that can’t be obeyed.

The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

When I started out, I didn’t have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

You’ve got to work things out in the cloakroom, and when you’ve got them worked out, you can debate a little before you vote.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

I don’t want to spend money the club doesn’t have; I don’t want to hold a player that doesn’t want to stay.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.

You should do what other people do, unless you have a very good reason not to.

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

On the court, I want to try and get to the free-throw line a little more. And as a point guard, you can always get better at your decision-making and limiting your mistakes.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.

I bought a company in the mid-’90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I’ve made lots of dumb decisions. That’s part of the game.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts… to my surprise… almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and try to write it out, sometimes you find that your first judgment wasn’t the right one.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

I’ve never gone wrong trusting my gut.

I delayed my father’s funeral because of cricket.

When you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.

I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.