1981 Chinese Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps what is inexpressible (what I find mysterious and am not able to express) is the background against which whatever I could express has its meaning. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Most of my work is okay to look at on a TV screen or a flat screen, but this is actually much better in a theatre. — Michel Auder

This is the state of all creatures, whether men or angels; as they make not themselves, so they enjoy nothing from themselves; if they are great, it must be only as great receivers of the gifts of God; their power can only be so much of the divine power acting in them; their wisdom can be only so much of the divine wisdom shining within them; and their light and glory, only so much of the light and glory of God shining upon them. — William Law

The bottom line was that we have only ourselves to blame. We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities — Ben Carson

Karma, memory, and desire are just the software of the soul. It's conditioning that the soul undergoes in order to create experience. And it's a cycle. In most people, the cycle is a conditioned response. They do the same things over and over again. — Deepak Chopra

The Bible is a wonderful book; you can prove anything you want with it. — Mark Twain

Girls can do anything boys can do in high heels! — Brooke Sachau

The sheer diversity of literature in the Bible is one of the secrets of its continuing popularity through the centuries. There is something for all moods and many different cultures. Its message is not buried in religious jargon only accessible to either believers or scholars, but reflects the issues that people struggle with in daily life. — John Drane

I DON'T WANT YOUR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!" I yelled to the figure behind the door. — Mike Schmidt

To call yourself a socialist in 2015 is to be an idiot. Socialism fails. Everywhere. — Dennis Prager

The man who now confronted Gashford, was a squat, thickset personage, with a low, retreating forehead, a coarse shock head of hair, and eyes so small and near together, that his broken nose alone seemed to prevent their meeting and fusing into one of the usual size. — Charles Dickens

God works in mysterious ways, he thought with a sign. — Mary Higgins Clark