#ld

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#conscious #less #lives #mainly #mould

It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#duty #exceedingly #find #hard #knows

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#chisel #complete #life #life is a #mold

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#men #more #occasions #seldom #supreme

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bodily #faculty #goodness #men #mental

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bet #betting #faith #i #kind

I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#i #i love #love #movies #old

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#being #believe #centre #confronted #damages

Joining 'ER,' I felt like that kid who got the golden ticket in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' I've been offered chocolate bars all these years, but there had been no golden ticket. Just the stomachache that was called 'Jake in Progress.' ↗

— John Stamos

#been #called #charlie #chocolate #factory

There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#costs #ever #financial #only #our