O that one unguarded moment! Were it mine to live again, All the strength of its temptation Would appeal to me in vain.
Living one's life with unguarded vulnerability is one of the keys to happiness. It's also one of the keys to getting mugged.
O Liberty. . . ! is it well To leave the gates unguarded?
You’re lost in your own world, in the things that happen there, and you’ve locked all the doors. Sometimes I look at you sleeping. I wake up and look at you and I feel closer to you when you’re like that, unguarded, than when you’re awake. When you’re awake you’re like someone with her eyes closed, watching a movie on the inside of your eyelids. I can’t reach you anymore. Once upon a time I could, but not now, and not for a long time.
I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.
For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it know? Your worst enemy cannot harm you As much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, No one can help you as much, Not even your father or your mother.
. . . superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open country, these robbers fly into the forest, and lie in wait to break in upon every unguarded avenue of the mind, and overwhelm it with religious fears and prejudices. . . . The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and augmenting, without limit, those qualities of goodness and wisdom.
Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.
We have perhaps all said things in unguarded moments that we would not want printed in newspapers.
It's exciting to work with the kids so devoid of irony, so unguarded. And also terrifying
An unguarded strength is a double weakness.
