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“I would rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I am 45.”
“THE ODIUM
Did you know,
that lack of touch
sometimes hurts more
than a strike?”
Among the things (2012), Page 134, the whole piece
The Invisible Constitution (2008), Distinguishing "The Constitution" from "Constitutional Law"
“[W]e may... find more common ground than we currently imagine.”
Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes (1990), Approaching Abortion Anew
“Thrones and crowns of worldly kings carry worth less than shows of donkey for us.”
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 270
Source: The Long Emergency (2005), Chapter 5, p. 148.
“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
No. 536
Aphorisms on Man (1788)
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Three, Brains Changing, Minds Changing
“I'd rather be judged for doing something interesting than not judged and be so utterly boring.”
Book: Cometan, the Omnidoxy
“It’s good being young,” he said, “but some people wear it better than others.”
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 42 (p. 432)
“Don't holla till you are out of the wood. This is a night for praying rather than boasting.”
Hereward the wake, 1866.
“I would rather save the life of one citizen than kill a thousand enemies.”
...malle se unum civem servare quam mille hostes occidere.
According to the Historia Augusta (fourth century), Roman emperor Antoninus Pius often repeated this saying of Scipio ("Antoninus Pius", 9.10); no earlier attribution to Scipio (or mention of the dictum itself, for that matter) is known.
Disputed
“[T]he devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.”
Vol. III, John XV: 22–27, p. 123
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865–1873)
“Stand not a beggar before the door of science seeking power that kills more than heals.”
Sayings of Swami Sivanada (1947)