Quotes About Consequence

Psychology as a science has its limitations, and, as the logical consequence of theology is mysticism, so the ultimate consequence of psychology is love.

Er steckte den Zwanzigmarkschein ein. Jetzt saß die Mutter im Zug, und bald musste sie den anderen Zwanzigmarkschein finden, den er ihr in die Handtasche gelegt hatte. Mathematisch gesehen war das Ergebnis gleich Null. Denn nun besaßen beide dieselbe Summe wie vorher. Aber gute Taten lassen sich nicht stornieren. Die moralische Gleichung verläuft anders als die arithmetische.

What is leave? – a pause that only makes everything after it so much worse.

Cilv?ks var b?t atbild?gs vien?gi par to, ko pats nodar?jis. Un ar? tikai tad, ja tas nav dar?ts p?c pav?les.

Wir stehen unter der Tür. «Komm!» sagt sie. Ich schüttle den Kopf. «Ich kann nicht. Heute nicht.» Sie schweigt und sieht mich an, gerade und klar, ohne Vorwurf und ohne Enttäuschung; aber etwas in ihr scheint auf einmal erloschen zu sein. Ich senke die Augen. Mir ist, als hätte ich ein Kind geschlagen oder eine Schwalbe getötet. «Heute nicht», sage ich. «Später. Morgen.«

He recognized that the systemic malaise that caused it was a consequence in part of his own refusal over the years to limit his courtship of the finest wines, foods, and cigars.

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today. It's been that way all this year. It's been that way so many times. All of war is that way.

You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?

You're going to have things to repent, boy,' Mr. John had told Nick. 'That's one of the best things there is. You can always decide whether to repent them or not. But the thing is to have them.

I'd be glad to shoot you.' 'Would you?' 'No. There's a law against it.

You're going to have things to repent, boy," Mr. John had told Nick. "That's one of the best things there is. You can always decide whether to repent them or not. But the thing is to have them.

But why did I ever leave Tom's mother in the first place? You'd better not think about that, he told himself.

E nisto consiste a moral: coisas que fazemos e das quais depois sentimos repulsa.

He thought of all the time in his life he had spent gambling.

Kill him, yes. Swear him, yes. But don't wound him.

Oggi non è che un giorno qualunque di tutti i giorni che verranno. Ma quello che accadrà in tutti gli altri giorni che verranno può dipendere da quello che farai oggi

like Ned was killed. We made her go and we hired

According to Scripture, everything is connected, and every action has at least some effect on the whole.

Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning

And many of the townsfolk of Boston seem more concerned with the profit of their business than the great cause that is swirling around them.

Now didn't I warn you, just a little while ago: arithmetic leads to philology, and philology leads to crime . . .

A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.

As for Mustafa Kemal, he was to tell the English journalist Grace Ellison in 1923: 'I don't like Napoleon at all. He intruded his person into everything. He fought not for a cause, but for himself. That's why he came to a bad end. It's inevitable for such people.'45

Philip had warned the Spartans that if he brought his armies successfully into their territory he would destroy their cities and kill all their people. They replied, rather magnificently, with the single word 'If'.