There is a real, living unity in our time, as in any other, but it lies submerged under a superficial hubbub of sensation.
The greatest advantage in gambling lies in not playing at all.
I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies.
Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation he thinks he lies under to the Giver of all, there are ten thousand who are good only from their apprehension of punishment.
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of the world, are the great wake up calls to your true vocation in life. . . to ignore this, is in some sense, is to lose your soul.
This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.
Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.
There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow.
Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.
I believe that inside many Americans lies certain uneasiness about capital punishment.
I remember watching Romeo + Juliet when I was 14 and listening to the soundtrack. When I hear that soundtrack now, all those emotions come back. It's really beautiful when you're at a certain point in your life where most of the adventure lies ahead of you. And it's a sad thing when you feel like you've lost that. But you can get it back.
The mind knows only what lies near the heart.
We cannot take the president off the hook for an illegal war that was based on lies
I believe that beauty lies in what makes you feel happy.
Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies.
Success lies in the opposite direction of the normal pull.
