Doe Quotes
Any attempt at liberation, no matter how great it might be, if it does not take into consideration the necessity of dissolving the ego, it is condemned to failure.
Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.
Real happiness is not vulnerable, because it does not depend on circumstances.
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and yourself participating in a poem is what the myth does for you.
Social advance depends quite as much upon an increase in moral sensibility as it does upon a sense of duty.
If the earth does grow inhospitable toward human presence, it is primarily because we have lost our sense of courtesy toward the earth and its inhabitants.
Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it.
Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.
The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.
O Luther, you had 95 theses . . . The matter is far more terrible-there is only one thesis. The Christianity of the New Testament does not exist at all. Here there is nothing to reform.
Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.
The worth of a faith does not consist in the clarity with which it is stated but in the steadfastness with which it is defended.
Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us.
Does the universe exist only for me? It's possible. If so, it's sure going well for me, I must admit.
No man preaches his sermon well to others if he does not first preach it to his own heart.
Everybody does the things that top people do occasionally. Top people do these things all of the time.
The womb is like an altar, it's the place where God continually comes into the world and does what only God can do...create.
He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger
Myth does not want to be interpreted in cosmological terms but in anthropological terms or, better, in existentialist terms.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought
I do not so easily think in words.... after being hard at work having arrived at results that are perfectly clear... I have to translate my thoughts in a language that does not run evenly with them.
Happiness is not found, it is created. Happiness does not depend on all that we lack, but on the way in which we use all that we have
The secret in riding is to do few things right. The more one does, the less one succeeds. The less one does, the more one succeeds.
Be ready for love when it does come. Prepare the field and be ready to nourish love. Be loving, and you will be lovable. Be open and receptive to love.
What does Sunday, the day of the Lord, mean for us? It is a day for rest and for family, but first of all a day for Him.
We can what-if ourselves to death... But what-if never does anybody any good. All any of us ever have...is one thing, and we better make the most of it while we can: What is.
The cross is Jesus going into the very lair of death. He goes to meet head-on that which frightens us the most. And what does He do? He battles it. He engages it. And finally he conquers it.
When someone is HIV-positive and his partner says, I want to have sexual relations with you, he doesn't have to do that. But when he does, he has to use a condom.
The deeps are cold: In that darkness camaraderie does not hold: Nothing touches but, clutching, devours.