There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands. Thomas F. Wilson More Quotes by Thomas F. Wilson More Quotes From Thomas F. Wilson The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them. Thomas F. Wilson command christian-inspirational christian To serve God, to love God, to enjoy God, is the sweetest freedom in the world. Thomas F. Wilson enjoy god-love world The greatest of all disorders is to think we are whole and need no help. Thomas F. Wilson helping needs thinking It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them. Thomas F. Wilson cost revenge bears Consider what God can do, and you will never despair of success. Thomas F. Wilson despair can-do Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart. Thomas F. Wilson havoc heart talking The world would use us just as it did the martyrs, if we loved God as they did. Thomas F. Wilson prayer christian religion The fewer desires, the more peace. Thomas F. Wilson fewer desire Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread. Thomas F. Wilson duty bread men A great man is made so for others. Thomas F. Wilson great-men greatness men A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state. Thomas F. Wilson virtue judging law I've decided to do what I want to do in life and follow my own path as an artist, so I've decided not to participate in any sort of nostalgia in which I'm marginalized as a pop icon of yesteryear. Thomas F. Wilson yesteryear icons artist We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service? Thomas F. Wilson vanity intelligent ideas He, who loves praise, loves temptation. Thomas F. Wilson temptation praise And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit. Thomas F. Wilson appreciate tears math If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody. Thomas F. Wilson bob certain said I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts. Thomas F. Wilson visuals photography art How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am. Thomas F. Wilson rocks who-i-am character I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse. Thomas F. Wilson acting new-york work The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions. Thomas F. Wilson devil sight action
