Would - Quotes
The thought of death ought to be a lifelong occupation for every man. But this would be too great a stress for the human psyche. We have to live as if we were immortal.
It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
The reason women don`t play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn`t swim.
One of the big reliefs for the atheist is not having to worry about what to hope, wish, and pray for. Did I want to pray for my mother`s suffering to end? Did I want to hope for her death? I didn`t have to worry about that. I could hope one day that she`d live longer so I could talk to her, and wish the next day that she would die and not have to suffer her paralysis and physical loss any longer. My wishing and hoping were inert; I could let them run wild. I could use them as pure solace.
My mom and dad (and most moms and dads) said that I would never understand how much they loved me until I had my own children. (...) It`s the love you don`t choose, the animal love that gives the reason to live.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.
We can’t reach old age by another man’s road. My habits protect my life, but they would assassinate you.
When you have something you would die to protect, it ceases to be a matter of courage. [...] You just know what you have to do and you can`t afford fear.
With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers.