Quotes

“Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.” Edmund Burke

“Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.” Edmund Burke

“Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.” Edmund Burke

“Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.” Edmund Burke

“The march of the human mind is slow.” Edmund Burke

“The traveller has reached the end of the journey!” Edmund Burke

“To innovate is not to reform.” Edmund Burke

“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.” Edmund Burke

“Tyrants seldom want pretexts.” Edmund Burke

“Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.” Edmund Burke

“Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.” Edmund Burke

“Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.” Edmund Burke

“There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.” Edmund Burke

“In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.” Edmund Burke

“Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.” Edmund Burke

“He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.” Edmund Burke

“I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.” Edmund Burke

“The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.” Edmund Burke

“The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.” Edmund Burke

“Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?” Richard Bach

“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.” Richard Bach

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.” Richard Bach

“Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.” Richard Bach

“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.” Richard Bach

“If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.” Richard Bach

“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.” Richard Bach

“Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” Richard Bach

“If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.” Richard Bach

“I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.” Richard Bach

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.” Richard Bach