Aion Shugo Quotes & Sayings

No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren everywhere, of our neighbours all about us), and compare our case with theirs, we shall find that we have many consorts and associates in adversity, most as ill, many far worse bestead than ourselves; whence it must be a great fondness and perverseness to be displeased that we are not exempted from, but exposed to bear a share in the common troubles and burdens of mankind. — Isaac Barrow

Experience is not the poor relation of expertise. Valuable insights in business often come from the people on the ground. — Noreena Hertz

God's righteousness and His unchangeable law make Christianity a stumbling block for many. Organizations and individuals carry a political and moral agenda that aims to remove all obstacles to their sin. Their goal is to 'break God's bands asunder and cast away His cords.' They counsel together to rid themselves of the law of God; anyone who preaches the gospel or stands for righteousness stands in the way of their agenda. — Carman

She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements. — Alice Munro

If you hold a cat by the tail, you learn things you can't learn any other way.
Mark Twain — Tony-Paul De Vissage

The day was so delightful that I wished one could live slowly as one can play music slowly. — Rebecca West

I'd been blathering for the last twenty minutes about all that had been going down with me. Except for Ryker's warning about my neighbors, I didn't leave anything out.
"Vi," I snapped when she still didn't say anything.
"Quiet," she returned. "I'm trying to stop myself from slapping you upside your head. — Kristen Ashley

Even the darkest cloud had a silver lining; you can either miss it as you run away to a hiding place as darkness approaches you or you can go seeking it, empowered with the ardent desire to find happiness in life. — Maliny Mohan

Africa was a place of yearning to me even. As a child, whenever I watched the logs swim down the Ljusnan towards the ocean, I imagined they were crocodiles. This is the luxury of childhood - children trust their fantasy unconditionally. In school, reality becomes more important. If, later in your life, you decide to become an artist, you have to regain this lost skill. At least that is how it was for me. A few years ago I was in Sveg again - and you know what?
I could still see the crocodiles. — Henning Mankell

Oh, we do not understand death, we never understand it; creatures are only truly dead when everyone else has died who knew them. — Arthur Schnitzler

True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring. — Alexandre Dumas

And because without objects there can be no subject-- because the objects create the subject's awareness of himself-- quality is the event at which awareness of both subjects and objects is made possible. — Robert Pirsig

I was interested in cross-pollinating the two. I thought there was something lovely in the little vignette forms. I wanted to explore that. — Sandra Cisneros