All in all, Donald Trump appeals to people who want to be seen the way that Donald Trump sees them.
The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
You can't be around people who appease you all the time.
Some people have their sexuality really at the forefront of who they are, and I applaud those people.
The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.
Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.
Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.
They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.
The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008.
Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
Ironically, Hillary Clinton's appointment in 2008 as secretary of state was forced on Obama by her presidential campaign supporters, who insisted she play a major role in the then-new Democratic administration after a bruising primary fight.
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
