It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas.
Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure.
God, if you think, God you are. Dust if you think, dust you are. As you think, so you become. Think God, be God.
We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.
Religion may have become a codification of morality, and it may fortify it, but it's not the origin of it.
The expansion of choice has become an explosion of choice.
People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven and unequal treatment. They should be respected just like everybody else.
Our country is the best country in the world. We are swimming in prosperity and our President is the best president in the world. We have larger apples and better cotton and faster and more beautiful machines. This makes us the greatest country in the world. Unemployment is a myth. Dissatisfaction is a fable. In preparatory school America is beautiful. It is the gem of the ocean and it is too bad. It is bad because people believe it all. Because they become indifferent. Because they marry and reproduce and vote and they know nothing.
They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words.
What you do daily determines what you become permanently
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.
Our ideas need to become part of everyday discussion.
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me. I wish to spread it and bestow it, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.
We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation.
The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.
No matter what your goals are, you've got to bring other people onto your team. For one thing, if you surround yourself with people who want to be successful, you become successful.
Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
a person hoping to become a poet must have the capacity of thinking of several things at a time.
Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael CaineGene Hackman of my generation.