“An excuse is a polite rejection. Men are not afraid of 'ruining the friendship.”

“Britain must now take our hand of friendship or reject it. I do not believe it will be rejected.”

“In friendship false, implacable in hate,
Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.”

“The Bible says all men are without excuse. Even those who are given no good reason to believe and many persuasive reasons to disbelieve have no excuse, because the ultimate reason they do not believe is that they have deliberately rejected God's Holy Spirit.”

“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.”

“I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.”

“All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.”

“The deva asked,
What causes ruin in the world?
What breaks off friendships?
What is the most violent fever?
Who is the best physician?"

The Blessed One replied,
Ruin in the world is caused by ignorance;
friendships are broken off by envy and selfishness;
the most violent fever is hatred;
the best physician is the Buddha.”

“We reject the political aims of the industrialists.”

“I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.”