"First knowledge is the knowledge of God."
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"Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success."
"Hearts can't be broken because they're made of marzipan."
"Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right."
"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin."Need I say more?"
"Wit and puns aren't just decor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program."
"Valentine's Day is the poet's holiday."
"Teenagers [10w] Teenagers are the lone survivors of a ruthless hormonal holocaust."
"She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."
"Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys."
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."
"I love the silent hour of night,For blissful dreams may then arise,Revealing to my charmed sightWhat may not bless my waking eyes."
"I set out to discover the why of it, and to transform my pleasure into knowledge."
"Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for."
"If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth."
"Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair."
"Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you'd feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life."
"I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on."
"All I wanted to do, ever, was be myself."
"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."
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