H Quotes
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“He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.”
“He who desires a lifetime of happiness with a beautiful woman desires to enjoy the taste of wine by keeping his mouth always full of it.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.”
“He who desires honour, must humble himself.”
“He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.”
“He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.”
“He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain the semblance of the old forms; so that it may seem to the people that there has been no change in the institutions, even though in fact they are entirely different from the old ones. For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities.”
“He who desires solitude is either an animal or a god.”
“He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbours.”
“He who desires to become aware of the hidden light must lift the feeling of fear up to its source. And he can accomplish this if he judges himself and all he does. For then he sheds all fears and lifts fear that has fallen down. But if he does not judge himself, he will be judged from on high, and this judgment will come upon him in the guise of countless things, and all the things in the world will become messengers of God who carry out the judgment on this man.”
“He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.”
“He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.”
Source: Selected writings [of] Michael Bakunin
“He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.”
“He who despairs is wrong.”
“He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.”
“He who desperately looks for a miracle must be either a blind or an ignorant person because everywhere and every moment is already full of miracles!”
“He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.”
“He who despises life is his life's master.”
“He who despises painting has no love for the philosophy in nature.”
Source: Notebooks
“He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.”
“He who destroys another person to succeed in life will have destruction awaiting him at the post of his success.”
“He who dethrones the idea of law, bids chaos welcome in its stead.”
Source: Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, of Massachusetts, on Slavery and the Slave-trade in the District of Columbia: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 23, 1849
“He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him all venial sins which he may have committed up to that hour.”
“He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light is but limited - and the illuminating grace of the Spirit abide in him. The first by means of practice trains the flesh in virtue, the second illuminates the intellect so that it chooses above all else companionship with wisdom; and through wisdom it destroys the strongholds of evil and pulls down 'all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God' (II Cor. 10:5).”
“He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the mind. Repeat mechanically your assumptions and suggestions, diminish the opportunity for communicating dissent and opposition. This is the formula for political conditioning of the masses.”
“He who did not taste Freedom on Earth, will not know it in Heaven!”
“He who did well in war just earns the right, To begin doing well in peace.”
Source: A soul's tragedy. Luria. Christmas-eve and Easter-day. Men and women
“He who died for us, and Whom we ought to copy, did more for us than we can do for any one else. He endured the contradiction of sinners. We should have grace to follow in His steps.”
“He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.”
“He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.”
Source: Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
“He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.”
“He who dies for his country will live in eternity.”
“He who dies for virtue does not perish.”
Source: Comedies of T. Maccius Plautus: (Amphitruo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi)
“He who dies with the most toys...dies a child.”
“He who disagrees with me in private, call him a fool. He who disagrees with me in public, call him an ambulance.”
“He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself (Christian morals).”
“He who discovers the light, discovers life.
He who discovers the dark, discovers death,
Neither are wrong and neither are right; your perception is what will guide your path. Our minds are our tools, our hearts our truth and our instinct our guidance, don't let them fool you.”
“He who discovers true knowledge must be alarmed that the exposition of this treasure will inevitably end in the condemnation of the discoverer.”
“He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of the economists.”
Source: Human Action
“He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.”
“He who dishonors himself [by lying about his opinions] for the sake of being honored by others will find that two mistakes have been made - one by himself, and the other, by the people.”
“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.”
“He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.”
“He who does a kindness to an ungrateful person, sets his seal to a flint and sows his seed upon the sand; on the former he makes no impression, and from the latter finds no product.”
“He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. He gains no practice either in discerning or in desiring what is best. The mental and moral, like the muscular powers, are improved only by being used. The faculties are called into no exercise by doing a thing merely because others do it, no more than by believing a thing only because others believe it.”
“He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice.”
Source: On Liberty
“He who does Christ's work must stay with Christ always.”
“He who does good needs no accolades.”
“He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.”
“He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.”