Things Quotes
To desire to write poems that endure-we undertake such a goal certain of two things: that in all likelihood we will fail, and if we succeed we will never know it
Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.
Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see which has people in it who believe a variety of different things.
This is a great shame, but of course there have to be some things in life that not everybody can have, and great perfume is one of them.
Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing.
Mystical powers develop primarily through the raising of the kundalini. The Kundalini is a type of energy that exists within all things. It's possible to pull that energy, to mass it, to transmit it.
People who say that small things don't bother them have never slept in a room with a mosquito.
Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The fear gets really uptight and leaves.
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.
No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory.
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.
I learned this summer that peeing in the pool and peeing INTO the pool are very different things. Location, Location, Location.
The small things you do everyday- smiling at a stranger or paying someone a compliment -bring you closer to your spiritual truth , the purity of your soul
Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso makes its opinions more easily understandable and persuasive.
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.
Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family.
Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.
It's a funny thing about weaknesses....Most people will tell you they know their weaknesses. When asked, they'll tell you, 'Well for one thing, I'm overgenerous.' ... that's what innkeepers are for.
I write very sporadically. I write sometimes three things in a week and then nothing for a year. I make a space for it but I don't push it. They just come and they come.
Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
Be intense, passionate, and fired up, but about things that matter, things that change your life and your legacy.
Good things that cannot be calculated or quantified are set in motion in your life and in your finances when you give.
Light our fire and protect us from the dark, blah blah, light our way and keep us toasty warm, the night is dark and full of terrors, save us from the scary things, and blah blah blah some more.
Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.
What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather not finding them in the familiar place.
When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life.
History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.
Ive been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.
There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.
It was the second time that day that I stood looking at a space where a large thing wasn't where it was supposed to be.
There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations and see what they say.
It was as simple as that - they met. As simple as only beautiful things can be beautiful, as only life-changing things, turning-point things, can be simple. ("For The Rest Of Her Life")
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.