Akoko Plant Quotes & Sayings

If they're not sincere, then naturally I'll turn them down. But if what they want is to gain power and use it for a higher good, I'll help them. Then they merit some special consideration. — Frederick Lenz

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. — Orison Swett Marden

If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it ... for me, every act of art is the act of solving a mystery. — Truman Capote

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is being used in another way. — Kathy Acker

Make me an instrument of thy peace. — Francis Of Assisi

My father always said, 'If you love what you do, you won't mind slogging through it for several hours a day.' — Alexandra Guarnaschelli

Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become and enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend. — Saadi

For the most part, what we think of as 'I' is nothing more than a whole heap of conditioning. — Etienne De L'Amour

He rated it as a gain in coming to America, that here you could get tea, and coffee, and meat every day. But the only true America is that country where you are at liberty to pursue such a mode of life as may enable you to do without these, and where the state does not endeavor to compel you to sustain the slavery and war and other superfluous expenses which directly or indirectly result from the use of such things. — Henry David Thoreau