William Law Quotes

Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in a certain degree, and must be used and governed with such caution as we eat and drink and refresh ourselves, or they will bring forth in us the fruits of intemperance.

William Law

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• Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Universe
  • Painting
  • Patterns

• I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Strong

• Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Time
  • Good
  • Business

• The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.

  

  Patrick Kavanagh
  • Food
  • Language
  • Dead

• Archery requires very sensitive muscles.

  

  Im Dong-Hyun
  • Very
  • Sensitive
  • Muscles

• Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Mind
  • Know
  • Golf

• I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.

  

  Malcolm Gets
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• I know I'm profane. And outspoken.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Know
  • Outspoken
  • Profane

• I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

  

  Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
  • People
  • Art
  • Write

• Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • American
  • Always
  • Legacy

• If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Live
  • New York
  • Edgy

• I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Life
  • Live
  • Age

• The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Work
  • Family
  • Trust

• Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Genius
  • Infinite
  • Out

• I am not afraid to go to jail.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Afraid
  • Jail

• Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

  

  Paracelsus
  • Everything
  • Without
  • Poison

• I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Good
  • Money
  • Business

• I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know.

  

  Oliver Sacks
  • School
  • Feeling
  • High School

• I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • Children
  • True
  • Happiness

• In proportion as slavery prevails in a State, the Government, however democratic in name, must be aristocratic in fact.

  

  James Madison
  • Slavery

• I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Government
  • Taxes
  • Privileges

• I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.'

  

  Peter Lynch
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Future

• Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in a certain degree, and must be used and governed with such caution as we eat and drink and refresh ourselves, or they will bring forth in us the fruits of intemperance.

  

  William Law
  • Reading
  • Christian
  • Religious