Pastoral Resources

Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

You know, there's a big lie in this business. The lie is that it's okay to go out in flames. But that doesn't do anybody much good. I may be wrong, but I think Hendrix was trying to come around.

What is the use of theorizing as to wherein lies the charm that moves us?

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it, is service to a fellow human being.

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Let sleeping dogs lie.