I shall live here in the rains, There in winter, Elsewhere in summer, " muses the fool, Not aware of the nearness of death.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention

Who have not led the holy lifenor riches won while young, they linger on as aged cranesaround a fished-out pond.

He has no need for faith who knows the uncreated, who has cut off rebirth, who has destroyed any opportunity for good or evil, and cast away all desire. He is indeed the ultimate man.

All beings tremble before violence.All fear death.All love life.See yourself in others.Then whom can you hurt?What harm can you do?

Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth, Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds, Is the joy of reaching the stream.

The difference between the non-Christian and the Christian is that the non-Christian makes sin a practice

If you fall in love, you feel forever young.

But only a brief momentis granted to the braveone breath or two, whose wage isThe long nights of the grave.

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.

It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors.

the real stakes in the theater are high - they are life stakes. That's what I love about it. You gamble with your life, and that's a gamble worth taking.

They are only safe That know to soothe the prince's appetite, And serve his lusts.

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.