#ought

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#anything #efforts #escape #evil #fruitless

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an international agency through which the nations of the world can, if they so desire, make peace a living reality. ↗

— Cordell Hull

#alone #another #brought #creation #desire

When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke. ↗

— Helen Hunt

#entered #first #handsome #i #restaurant

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#cruel #eating #horrific #i #i think

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#life-lessons #philosophy #thinking #thoughts #change

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries. ↗

— Frank Capra

#cried #cries #drama #i #made

And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going faster, higher. You're operating a machine that's a lot more powerful than you are. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#air #air force #experience #extension #faster

After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#brought #could #deep #entirely #exercise

All grand thoughts come from the heart. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#grand #heart #thoughts

To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

#citizen #did #europe #great #his