Addha Quotes & Sayings

Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am doing no harm," I ought to be testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving. — Margot Asquith

We want to see the universe in its absolute, pure, naked, perfection. We want to know its wonder. We want to know the totality of ourselves. That's done in steps and degrees and not in one day. — Frederick Lenz

I've always been attracted to themes of isolation in my work - in my independent work and my DC work. — Jeff Lemire

The duty of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition is to oppose. — Robert A. Heinlein

I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that. — Trip Lee

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. — Cyril Cusack

There's a sureness to good writing even when what's being written about doesn't make all that much sense. It's the sureness of the so-called seat of an accomplished horseback rider or a sailor coming about in a strong wind. The words have both muscle and grace, familiarity and surprise. — Anne Bernays

When fortune flatters, she does it to betray. — Publilius Syrus

The man who barely abstains from violating either the person, or the estate, or the reputation of his neighbours, has surely very little positive merit. He fulfils, however, all the rules of what is peculiarly called justice, and does every thing which his equals can with propriety force him to do, or which they can punish him for not doing. We may often fulfil all the rules of justice by sitting still and doing nothing. — Adam Smith

A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations. — Allan Lokos

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. — Karen Armstrong