Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel. Books are the shoes with which we tread the footsteps of great minds. Who so loves believes the impossible. What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel. Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore to this day. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? All right, Brain, I don't like you and you don't like me -- so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer. Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. Love takes up where knowledge leaves off. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. The man who says I told you so is making an excuse for not expressing his position clearly in the first place. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life. Autumn is the time when seasons merge because of bare necessity. Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. The best proof of love is trust. Love is the beauty of the soul. Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. Hatch a dream and then believe it. The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love. Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. The Babylon project was our last, best hope for peace .. It failed. .. But in the year of the Shadow war it became something greater: our last, best hope .. for victory. The year is 2260, the place: Babylon 5.Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Hatch a dream and then believe it. 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being. Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a ... brain operation. Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. What lies behind us and what lies before us, are only small matters compared to what lies within us. When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven! Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years. Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time. Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love. Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier. No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. What lies behind us and what lies before us, are only small matters compared to what lies within us. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? When love is not madness, it is not love.