S.L. Ross Quotes

We cannot find peace if we are afraid of the windstorms of life.

I think modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense. The only thing I know that truly heals people is unconditional love.

Is war perhaps nothing else but a need to face death, to conquer and master it, to come out of it alive -- a peculiar form of denial of our mortality?

How do the geese know when to fly to the sun?

I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.

A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire.

I have a lust for life.

If the strong nuclear force were slightly weaker, multi-proton nuclei would not hold together. Hydrogen would be the only element in the universe.

[Recent evidence regarding quantum mechanics is] sufficient to rule out all theological options but one - the Bible's.

The plan of salvation as stated in the Bible can be seen through observation of the universe around us.

I've always liked cops, as much as you can like a group of people, you know? Sure, I've been hassled, but I'm a white dude - privileged.

Instead of running for President, why don’t you try walking on a treadmill?

Never Throw Stones At Your Mother

A sound like a sound of thunder rolled, And the heart of a nation stirred

A brain can improve till it fits its environment.

My life and my career have been a series of happy and not so happy accidents.

Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.

Tender as a mothers love... And with my mother, that was certainly true.

Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

You cannot just keep borrowing more and more and keep spending more and more without eventually having a day of reckoning.

I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.

Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.

All that I can say about Owen Hart, is that I hope that I can be, as good a man as him, so that I can see him again, someday.

I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it's not that I follow one specific track. It's sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing.

I see my studio like a laboratory, where I work like an investigator - it's almost forensic. I love the discovery process in painting.

Typically cult groups target universities and colleges. Most likely those schools that maintain campus housing.

The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

When people are rushed, they're stressed and you greatly increase the likelihood of being punitive and unilateral just because you're trying to grasp control.

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to avoid criticism. And the way to avoid criticism is to do nothing.

Fear and Guilt are the only enemies of man.

"...All events are blessings given to us to learn from and therefore we should be grateful for the opportunity to grow and evolve into our best selves."

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

Every individual human being born on this earth has the capacity to become a unique and special person, unlike any who has ever existed before or ever will exist again.

The role of the schoolmaster is to collect little plastic lumps of human dough from private households and shape them on the social kneading board.

A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge.

Jewelry is fine on some guys, but it's not for me.

Negativity can only feed on negativity.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

No matter what you're trying to do there will be noise in the market... Before the race starts, I'm already focused on the victory.

They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea, He wields a mighty sceptre, O'er lesser powers that be.

When a whole system is composed of a numbers of subsystems, the one that tends to dominate is the least stable.

To love means not to impose your own powers on your fellow man but offer him your help. And if he refuses it, to be proud that he can do it on his own strength.

There is no problem that is not actually a gift.

When you feel happy, you look beautiful.

We point to our unhappy circumstances to rationalize our negative feelings. This is the easy way out. It takes, after all, very little effort to feel victimized.

The one thing I know through experience ... is that people don't know why they come to work until they don't have to come to work.

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