V.I. Arnold Quotes

I know now why you cry, but it's something I can never do.

Whoever is gripped by God's spirit turns to his creation with all the interest that comes from God's love.

Last word in lonesome is me.

Stay busy and take care of your own business.

Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.

We are the voices of the wandering wind, Which moan for rest and rest can never find; Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life, A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.

Being attached is what prevents us from seeing, it is what clouds this miraculous awareness.

To be free of the discriminating is to manifest miraculous awareness-awareness that is miraculously simple, miraculously unadorned.

The players are looking forward to it because they'd like revenge

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration.

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt thyself.

Say, has some wet bird-haunted English lawn Lent it the music of its trees at dawn?

Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is.

Unhappy is a people that has run out of words to describe what is going on.

An innocent little human being was solely dependent on me! I took all the CPR and breastfeeding classes and learned quite a bit.

You should never reveal your true age.

Time is the explicable raw material of everything.

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking.

Most people sleep themselves stupid.

Only a very gifted mind could cope singly with all the problems which present themselves in the perfecting of a home.

To my mind the most poignant mystical exhoration ever written is "Be still and know that I am God."

One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors.

Our nation will succeed or fail to the degree that all of us - citizens and businesses alike - are active participanats in building strong, sustainable and enriching communities.

You must play boldly to win.

I would never felt good if I hadn't experienced losing, because losing is part of your life. And it something that if I could teach people to understand that I think it could help them a lot.

Know how to win by following the rules

I received many years of good advice from my father - how to live, how to play, how to be a gentleman.

To think deeply of simple things.

Don't be afraid to fail. Anything that I've ever attempted I was always willing to fail. You can't always win, but don't be afraid of making decisions.

If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner.

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy.

I hurt so many people.

Teachers and nurses get the best seats in Heaven.

You've got to believe in yourself, you've got to have a very clear vision, and you've got have the fire in the belly and go out and not be shy with working because it takes a lot of work.

I'm not on a health kick. I know I should take vitamins, for example, but I forget half the time. I just can't be bothered carrying around a lot of little bottles.

We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late. We can save our planet and also boost our economy at the same time.

Together, we must renew our continued commitment to serve and pledge to bring a positive change to our communities.

The forest fires are the worst disaster in California since I was elected.

I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything.

Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes, Or any searcher know by mortal mind; Veil upon veil will lift but there must be Veil upon veil behind.

A busy person is usually the most efficient because they know how to manage their time. That's something I learned through dancing all through school and all throughout my life.

How many minds--almost all the great ones--were formed in secrecy and solitude!

Culture looks beyond machinery, culture hates hatred; culture has one great passion, the passion for sweetness and light.

Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life.

Know, man hath all which Nature hath, but more, And in that more lie all his hopes of good.

Culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world.