Neil Gaiman Quotes
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
Quotes to Explore
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine.
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True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
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It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.
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Don't be 'consistent', but be simply true.
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Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.
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Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions.
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I was extremely lucky that I had two great wives. It sounds a bit funny to say that, but it's absolutely true.
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This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true.
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The true value of having Florida Virtual School in this mix is that it creates a gold standard for all providers to meet if they hope to compete for Florida students. This program raises the bar for everybody, even the traditional public schools. And that benefits all our children.
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What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
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God created the world; the laws of nature were created by God. True science tries to find out what God put in the world. The trouble is where scientists speculate about theology and they don't know what they're talking about because they weren't there. They can't speculate about the origins of life because they weren't there.
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At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.
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The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.
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Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.
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People want to be Christians too cheaply, and consequently they are not Christians at all. Salvation has to cost, it has to cost everything, at least as far as the disposition of the heart is concerned.
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The volunteer military has always been most enthusiastically, even devoutly, embraced by those who would not themselves dream of volunteering - or of encouraging their children to do so.
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I don't have great running technique, but I like to run. I've heard from countless people that the last six miles of the marathon is all mental. But what better city to have this in than New York City where there are millions of people there supporting you?
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Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
