Genius - the pursuit of madness.
Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty.
A consistent pursuit of classical physics forces a transformation in the very heart of that physics.
While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.
Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble.
In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start.
Therefore, for me, living true to my self may be defined as: Making the daily choices in all areas of my life that are in the best interests of my survival, evolution and prosperity, that aid the ongoing achievement of the highest physical, mental and spiritual objectives of which I am capable, that are based on the most correct assessment of reality I have available, and that honor the evolving truth of who I am and who I choose to be, all in the personal pursuit of freedom, function, fun, as well as the highest good of all.
Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.
The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity.
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
[On the United States:] We are a wildly energetic people in our pursuit of pleasure, let alone in our pursuit of money, and we are very odd to look at as we go about our lives.
To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men, and therefore the common good of humanity. Peace cannot be limited to a mere absence of war, the result of an ever precarious balance of forces. No, peace is something that is built up day after day, in the pursuit of an order intended by God, which implies a more perfect form of justice among men.
Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with its difficulties and a pursuit of its felicities and beauty.
Love is the pursuit of the whole.
Trust is a careless pursuit.
As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive.
If it is true that love is the pursuit in another of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another culture, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture.
Much as we don't condone impunity, if pursuit for justice was in conflict with pursuit for peace, peace must prevail.