Afflicitons Quotes & Sayings

Peace is the break between two wars. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

These charitable people never know vinegar from wine till they have swallowed it and got the colic. — George Eliot

A lone fisherman up early looking for sea trout found the first body. — Kate Atkinson

Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim on religious grounds. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's, like, my favorite thing on earth. — Melissa McCarthy

We talk out of both corners of our mouth at once. We say we are a Christian nation, but much of our literature, our social practices, our deep interests are not Christian at all. They are totally secular. — Billy Graham

But I need to remember that the grief is the settlers' as well. They too will never walk in a tallgrass prairie where sunflowers dance with goldfinches. Their children have also lost the chance to sing at the Maple Dance. They can't drink the water either. — Robin Wall Kimmerer

Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make. — Guy Kawasaki

Do...or do not... There is no try." ~Yoda — Yoda

The more unsettled and unbalanced we feel, the more quickly and recklessly we are likely to fall in love. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Hereby we may understand that God, of His special grace, maketh the teachers of the gospel subject to the Cross, and to all kinds of afflicitons, for the salvation of themselves and of the people; for otherwise they could by no means beat down this beast which is called vain-glory. — Martin Luther

There are two roadblocks in the way of transforming India into an economic giant and one of them was education. I believe that if education is privatised at primary and secondary level, lot of our problems will be answered to — Kumar Mangalam Birla

Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything. — Josh Groban

Imagine experiencing pervasive and perpetual sensations of dread and shame, the sort of visceral response that you might have when your body reacts to a physical threat. Envision how distressing it would be if you experienced these exact same feelings after viewing yourself in a reflective surface or a photograph. Imagine what it might be like if your body was the source of extreme feelings of anger, disgust, anxiety, fear, and hopelessness. Try to visualize how it might be if viewing your outward appearance triggered a reaction usually associated with a perilous situation, and how disconcerting it would be if every time you looked at yourself you experienced primal feelings of terror. If you have not had such an experience, it is probably quite difficult to comprehend how it is possible to have such a reaction to one's own body. This, though, is the very tormenting reality for individuals who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). — Winograd Arie M