The Divine wisdom has given us prayer not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.
The word philosophy sounds high-minded but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something you don't just read about it you hug it you mess with it you play with it you argue with it.
Personally I'm an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it. Two years engaged and no wedding... I'd be upset.
War is by no means something glamorous and I don't think that should ever be forgotten.
The political object is the goal war is the means of reaching it and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument a continuation of political intercourse a carrying out of the same by other means.
There's no question that jihad historically means war.
Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people war means maiming people war means families left without fathers and mothers.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.
Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.
For above all things Love means sweetness and truth and measure yea loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter.
To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth it means to discover a truth.
Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means and if you find truth you will become invincible.
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out practically.
I almost always do things that I like in some form or fashion. Every once in awhile that means that I don't think the script is any good and I don't have any trust in the people but the film is shooting in Sri Lanka or somewhere like that so I'm going.
But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.
Because I'm always away coming home to a clean house means a lot to me. Trust me I've lived with a lot of roommates and straight guys are just kids who don't pick up after themselves.