J.C. Spencer Quotes

The white light of truth, in traversing the many sided transparent soul of the poet, is refracted into iris-hued poetry.

Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man.

Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.

No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also; only of a less intense kind.

Life is not for learning nor is life for working, but learning and working are for life.

During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.

Those who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as not adequately supported by facts, seem quite to forget that their own theory it supported by no facts at all.

The universal basis of co-operation is the proportioning of benefits received to services rendered.

Be it or be it not true that Man is shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin, it is unquestionably true that Government is begotten of aggression, and by aggression.

To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.

In the supremacy of self-control consists one of the perfections of the ideal man.

So long as selfishness makes government needful at all, it must make every government corrupt, save one in which all men are represented.

When a sinner has any just sense of his condition, as alienated from a holy God, he will not be apt to think of the unpardonable sin.

It's always important for me as an actor to reflect human behavior for a sense of reality.

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

I was not a Girl Scout, but I try to be very prepared. I triple-Spanx!

I love pushing my boundaries and seeing how far I can go without, you know, dying or injuring myself too badly.

Look at what happened in the Past. Learn something valuable from it. Do things differently in the present.

The biggest inhibitor to change lies within yourself.

IF you don't change, you can become extinct!

The bottom line is, if every single platinum song right now wasn't auto-tuned, then I would be like, "I can't be a rapper."

What real job - what political world - would want Spencer Pratt, with the stigma I’ve attached to my name?

Strength and struggle travel together.

There are many upright and faithful who live all the commandments and whose lives and prayers keep the world from destruction.

If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.

If you have not done so yet, decide to decide.

No government may remain strong by ignoring the commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Make certain decisions only once.

The Lord's way builds individual self esteem and develops and heals the dignity of the individual, whereas the world's way depresses the individual's view of himself and causes deep resentment

Sin comes when communication lines are down - it always does, sooner or later.

In the kingdom, the greater our responsibilities, the greater is our need to see ourselves as servants.

There is nothing unholy or degrading about sexuality in itself, for by that means men and women join in a process of creation and in an expression of love

The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.

We are all Africans under the skin.

Taken with the archaeological data, we can say that the old hypothesis of an invasion of people - not merely their language - from the steppe appears to be true.

Do you know what good art is? It is saying "ta" to God.

I wish to have no status as a man. I am equally content to be a worm or a rat, and am only glad that I am not becuase they have such a rough time without the pleasure of painting.

Peace, sweet peace finally comes to men when they humbly yield to the gentle pressure of the Spirit.

The More Important Your Cheese Is To You The More You Want To Hold On To It.

I think you have to be much more secure and much less angry to trust the simple. You've got to be in a pretty good place to trust those simple, obvious answers and, most important, to use them.

My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug Vanity Fair. You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.

What I like about New York City is nobody cares. If they do, they don't ever approach. They just give you a 'What's up?' and that's it.

Politics /n/: from 'poly ticks', short for 'many small bloodsucking insects'.

Every pleasure raises the tide of life; every pain lowers the tide of life.

With a higher moral nature will come a restriction on the multiplication of the inferior.

The presumption that any current opinion is not wholly false, gains in strength according to the number of its adherents.

Government is essentially immoral. The State employs evil weapons to subjugate evil, and is alike contaminated by the objects with which it deals, and the means by which it works.

There is no origin for the idea of an afterlife, save the conclusion which the savage draws from the notion suggested by dreams.

Without painting, sculpture, music, poetry, and the emotions produced by natural beauty of every kind, life would lose half its charm.