Quotes on Doe

The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so

When you encourage others, you, in the process, are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

I knew I could do it all this time,” said Harry, “Because I'd already done it... does that make sense?

Calvin: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny. Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us? Hobbes: I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.

The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.

A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe only one thing: that by his act he will change the course of history.

But love like that doesn't just disappear, does it? No matter how powerful the hate, there is always a little love left, underneath. Yes. Horrible, isn't it?

A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you" but to keep benefiting from the strength it has awakened.

Why does a public discussion of economic policy so often show the abysmal ignorance of the participants?

When you go to church you are really listening-in to the secret wireless from out friends: that is why the enemy is so anxious to prevent us from going. He does it by playing on our conceit and laziness and intellectual snobbery.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

People don't remember me. Really. It's not a paranoid thing; I just have this habit of slipping through memories. It doesn't bother me all that much, except I guess that's a lie; it does. For some reason, I test very high on forgettability.

When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them.

Every true faith is infallible. It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth. Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search.

The march of humanity, springing as it does from an infinite multitude of individual wills, is continuous.

True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.

The holy law of Jesus Christ governs our civilisation, but it does not yet permeate it.

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.