There are certain protective forces in the universe that do watch over us, but the innocent die too.
Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.
The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
As we are, so we see.
Whether or not we continue to enforce a universal conception of human rights at moments of outrage and incomprehension, precisely when we think that others have taken themselves out of the human community as we know it, is a test of our very humanity.
Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [. . . ] When we waste time, we waste happiness.
If somebody gives you his money, definitely he will be interested in knowing how you spend the money.
Who wants to wake up in the morning and have to remember that they've got to face Adrien Broner?