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"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water, suffices to kill him. But if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this." »Blaise Pascal, quoted by Rebecca West in BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON: A JOURNEY THROUGH YUGOSLAVIA, 1940
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"A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every gust of wind." »Magha
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"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over." »Aesop
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"If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way." »Gurdjieff
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"I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them." »Adlai E. Jr. Stevenson
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"If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you." »James T. Farrell
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"The headline reads, "Docs say patients make them prescribe useless antibiotics." This puts a physician in roughly the same predicament as a serial killer. The latter says, "Stop me before I kill again, while the former says, "Stop me before I prescribe again."" »Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org
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"We want God to come and save us. But he won't. God doesn't stop levees from failing, he doesn't stay the force of tsunamis, and he doesn't stop planes from smashing into buildings. Deus Ex Machina is overrated." »Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 09-09-05
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"It was a false maxim of Domitian that he who would gain the people of Rome must promise all things and perform nothing. For when a man is known to be false in his word, instead of a column, which he might be by keeping it, for others to rest upon, he becomes a reed, which no man will vouchsafe to lean upon. Like a floating island, when we come next day to seek it, it is carried from the place we left it in, and, instead of earth to build upon, we find nothing but inconstant and deceiving waves." »Feltham
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"Total self-esteem requires total and unconditional acceptance of yourself. You are a unique and worthy individual, regardless of your mistakes, defeats and failures, despite what others may think, say or feel about you or your behavior. If you truly accept and love yourself, you won't have a driving need for attention and approval. Self-esteem is a genuine love of self. stop all adverse value judging of yourself. stop accepting the adverse value judgments of others. Purge yourself of all condemnation, shame, blame, guilt & remorse." »Unknown
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"If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths." »Alexis Carrel
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"Really, to stop criticism, they say, one must die." »Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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"stop the rot or lose the plot." »Aaron J. Munzer
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"Never get a mime talking. He won't stop." »Marcel Marceau
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"It is a good answer that knows when to stop." »Italian Proverb
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"If you're masochistic enough to program in ADA, we're not going to stop you." »Matt Welsh
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"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity." »Publilius Syrus
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"We don't stop playing because we grow old we grow old because we stop playing." »George Bernard Shaw
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"If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop 'em" »Lawrence Peter Berra
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"stop thinking, and end your problems." »Lao Tzu
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"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing." »Michael Pritchard
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"The only time you ever run out of chances is when you stop taking them." »Patty Labelle
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"Hope. What really is the definition? Never stop believing." »Katie Finkbeiner
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"It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end." »Douglas Adams
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"Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you - if you don't play, you can't win." »Robert A. Heinlein
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"The important thing is not to stop questioning." »Albert Einstein
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"It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop." »Confucius
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"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." »Confucius
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"If the fans don't wanna come out to the ballpark, no one can stop 'em." »Yogi Berra
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"stop question, think first. Do not explain, just silence." »Woody Haldrugold
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