Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are nice, but because you are. Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. Who so loves believes the impossible. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace. .. It failed. .. But in the year of the Shadow war it became something greater: our last, best hope .. for victory. The year is 2260, the place: Babylon 5.No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy. The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace. .. It failed. .. But in the year of the Shadow war it became something greater: our last, best hope .. for victory. The year is 2260, the place: Babylon 5.If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace. .. It failed. .. But in the year of the Shadow war it became something greater: our last, best hope .. for victory. The year is 2260, the place: Babylon 5.Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences. Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world. Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. The man who says I told you so is making an excuse for not expressing his position clearly in the first place. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. No elected body is the country, we are the country. You and me. Us. It can only stay that way as long as we care to keep it so. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seed every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree's way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling out its treasure on the wind. A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks. The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. Drinking provides a beautiful excuse to pursue the one activity that truly gives me pleasure -- hooking up with fat, hairy girls. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little order, will lose both and deserve neither. Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. The quality of the moment is more important than the number of our days. Hatch a dream and then believe it. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you. Not because they are nice, but because you are. Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. The best proof of love is trust. Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Touch is the most fundamental sense. A baby experiences it, all over, before he is born and long after he learns to use sight, hearing, or taste, and no human ever ceases to need it. Keep your children short on pocket money - but long on hugs. All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. You can widen your life by yourself, but to deepen it you need a friend. Each encounter that becomes a friendship turns into a lifeline. One can never have too many, only too many to properly take care of. No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. Those who are willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little order, will lose both and deserve neither. No elected body is the country, we are the country. You and me. Us. It can only stay that way as long as we care to keep it so. The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. All right, Brain, I don't like you and you don't like me -- so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer. A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences. Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. No elected body is the country, we are the country. You and me. Us. It can only stay that way as long as we care to keep it so.
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