You can only conceive of what lies beyond the state of mind you are in from the point of view of the state of mind you are in.
Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle.
It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God's mansion lies the stump of ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior.
I will tell you privately it's not going to get better, it's going to get worse all the time, but don't fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let's not talk about this, ever again.
Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in generous measure. Now I demand more of you. Men, money and materials cannot by themselves bring victory or freedom. We must have the motive-power that will inspire us to brave deeds and heroic exploits.
Always there's that space between what you feel and what you do, and in that gap, all human sadness lies.
Philosophy just puts everything before us, and neither explains nor deduces anything. -Since everything lies open to view there is nothing to explain
The importance of the "New Mathematics" lies mainly in the fact that it has taught us the difference between the disc and the circle.
The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas and furnish the imagination with pictures.
There is zero chaos, we are running - this is a fine-tuned machine. And Reince [Priebus] is doing a good job but half his job is putting out lies by the press.
There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runstime's deer is slain, And lies where it has lain.
True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.
We make our own truths and lies. . . . Truths are often lies and lies truths.
Love is not sufficient. It never has been. Stories that claim otherwise are lies. There's always SOMETHING after happily ever after.
Art lies in concealing art.
If I stage things too much and nothing changes in the act of photographing, then I might as well have not taken the picture: If the whole thing already exists in my head, then I haven't learned anything. The tension lies between the staging and the unpredictability.
Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.
Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.
