"Socrates compared living without thinking systematically to practicing an activity like pottery or shoemaking without following or even knowing of technical procedures. One would never imagine that a good pot or shoe would result from intuition alone; why then assume that the more complex task of directing one’s life could be undertaken without any sustained reflection on premises or goals? Perhaps because we don’t believe that directing our lives is in fact complicated. Certain difficult activities look very difficult from the outside, while other equally difficult activities look very easy. Arriving at sound views on how to live falls into the second category, making a pot or a shoe into the first."

"It wasn't only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public."

"L'ingratitude attire les reproches comme la reconnaissance attire de nouveaux bienfaits."

"Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions."

"Il n'y a personne qui ne soit dangereux pour quelqu'un."

"Ah! comme vous dites, il faut glisser sur bien des pensées, et ne faire pas semblant de les voir."

"La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la mode du café."

"You who are skilled in the wisdom that unties the sealed knots Of the profound meaning of the Sutras and Tantras of the Fourth Deliverer of this fortunate aeon, Who possess an abundance of good qualities like a thousand petalled lotus, O peerless, great Spiritual Guide, may you live for a very long time.The holy Dharma, a treasury of jewels that is difficult to find for many aeons, Is borne forth on the chariot of your excellent, superior intention; O Protector who destroy the samsaric miseries of vast numbers of disciples, Great Knowledge Hero arisen from an ocean (of wisdom), may you live for a very long time."

"Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible."

"We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds."

"The solution to all the problems of daily life is to cherish others."

"We should understand that our problems do not exist outside of ourself, but are part of our mind that experiences unpleasant feelings."

"Our mind is like a field, and performing actions is like sowing seeds in that field."

"Buddha's teachings are scientific methods to solve the problems of all living beings permanently."

"Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune."

"Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind."

"Today we can see many different forms of Buddhism, such as Zen and Theravada Buddhism. All these different aspects are practices of Buddha's teachings, and all are equally precious; they are just different presentations."

"Enlightenment is the inner light of wisdom that is permanently free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day."

"This excellent commentary on the joyous Mahamudra Derived from churning the essence of the ocean of Tantric scriptures That arose from the heart of this most precious Spiritual Guide Is published with a pure wish to benefit migrators."

"The excellent expounder, the great Spiritual Master Kelsang Gyatso, who studied myriad Buddhist scriptures at the famous Je College of the great monastic university of Sera, Tegchen Ling, practised the meaning of the teachings he received, and became a wise, serious and realized Teacher. From the rain of profound and extensive Dharma that he has bestowed upon his fortunate disciples, he has recently given comprehensive instructions on the great Bodhisattvacharyavatara (Guide to The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life)."

"The Second Coming will probably happen within the lifetime of people living today."

"There's a crisis of truth in the pulputs today in our land. That in the name of tolerance, even in the name of love, we are redefining love that is not on God's terms! Jesus is God, there is no other god besides Jesus: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! All the world religions, they can say what they say, there is no other god but Jesus, there is no other standard of truth. Jesus alone is the standard of truth! He defines morality! He defines marriage! He defines life! He defines righteousness! And in our allegiance to Him, we say what He says. It's time to come out in the open. It's time to go public. Regardless what it costs us. We love you, Jesus! The only god!"

"The Harlot Babylon is preparing the nations to receive the Antichrist. The Harlot Babylon will be a religion of affirmation, toleration, no absolutes, a counterfeit justice movement. They will feed the poor, have humanitarian projects, inspire acts of compassion for all the wrong reasons. They won’t know it, beloved they will be sincere, many of them, but their sincerity will not in any way lessen the impact of their deception. The fact that they are sincere does not make their deception less damaging. I believe that one of the main pastors, as a forerunner to the Harlot movement, it’s not the Harlot movement yet, is Oprah. She is winsome, she is kind, she is reasonable, she is utterly deceived, utterly deceived. A classy woman, a cool woman, a charming woman, but has a spirit of deception and she is one of the clear pastors, forerunners to the Harlot movement."

"Then he said something that was absolutely defining for him: "Write this down and never forget it: Love is as much a question of the will as it is of the emotion. And if you will to love somebody, you can.""

"With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference."

"In his book Modern Times, the historian Paul Johnson referred to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini as the three devils of the twentieth century. Interestingly, Nietzschean dogma influenced each of them."

"Teaching at best beckons us to morality, but it is not in itself efficacious. Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if your face is dirty, but it the mirror will not wash your face."

"In other words, truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must be able to make a cogent and sensible response to the counterpoints that are raised."

"Historic figures have homes to visit for posterity; the Lord of history left no home. Luminaries leave libraries and write their memoirs; He left one book, penned by ordinary people. Deliverers speak of winning through might and conquest; He spoke of a place in the heart."

"Truth by definition excludes."

"Truth has been relegated to subjectivity; beauty has been subjugated to the beholder; and as millions are idiotized night after night, a global commune has been constructed with the arts enjoying a totalitarian rule."

"It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the marketplace of life's heartfelt transactions."

"In naturalism, man is actually very insignificant, but arrogates to himself stupendous power. In Christianity, man is actually the apex of created significance, but is called to see it in abject humility."

"The loneliest moment in life is when you have just experienced the ultimate, and it has let you down."

"Humor aside, I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him."

"A good questioner should always have a follow-up question."

"Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer."

"Love is a command, not just a feeling. Somehow, in the romantic world of music and theater we have made love to be what it is not. We have so mixed it with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we have robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing."

"[Bandleader Hartley] apparently believed that music could be more powerful that physical force in bringing order to chaos."

"“The ship’s orchestra of eight young men were standing knee deep in water playing.”"

"It was 11:45 at night according to ship’s time when the Titanic grazed along the iceberg that would send it to the ocean bed."

"Shipwreck was an ever-present possibility in 1912."

"The musicians had played on the deck as the ship went down. They had forfeited their lives for the sake of others. They had played the tunes of hymns to induce a spirit of peace and calm. They were heroic."

"The story of their gallantry came to epitomize a spirit of courage, duty and self-sacrifice."

"Wallace Hartley: “I’ve always felt that, when men are called to face death suddenly, music is are more effective in cheering them on than all the firearms in creation.”"

"For those out on the water it provided a bizarre soundtrack to a sight that so many would only be able to describe as “like watching a moving picture.”"

"When everything on the ship was being turned upside down, the music remained the same. In the midst of mind-jarring abnormality, it was the one thing that retained its familiarity."

"Not only had they behaved dutifully and without apparent concern for their own safety, but they also offered the hope that not all of the younger male generation were venial, lazy, proud, irreligious, inconsiderate, self-indulgent, weak-willed, and timorous."