Philip James Bailey Quotes
More than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.
Quotes to Explore
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Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.
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It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.
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I've never seen a movement spread as fast as the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
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If you love what you do, it's not work.
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Unconditional acceptance of others is the key to happy relationships.
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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
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I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says: "He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy." The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.
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In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.
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I think every script has meaningful messages no matter what it is, because inherently life is full of meaning and every single day we lean a lesson.
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People are sheepish when they approach me.
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I keep [portraits of Jigoro Kano and a bust] at home, in my residence, where I live permanently. It's a very good, high-quality work by a Russian sculptor, depicting not just a strong-willed but also thoughtful and kind man.
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My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it—all idealism is mendaciousness in the face of what is necessary—but love it.
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Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.
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Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change.
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The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives.
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More than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.
