Alcances In English Quotes & Sayings

Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is stagnation. — Frederick Lenz

The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in who it sees as its heroes. — Joan D. Chittister

If you had swum across the furthest ocean
And seen the vastness of infinity
Though dread of death might seize you, you'd still see
The rolling waves in never-ceasing motion
You'd still see something: Schools of dolphins swimming
Across the green and placid waters, skimming
The clouds, the sun and the moon, stars overhead -
You will see nothing in that void all round
You will not hear your footsteps where you tread
Beneath your feet, you'll feel no solid ground — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it. — Gautama Buddha

Skeins of mist like translucent silk, bending and unbending in the headlight tunnels ... — John Geddes

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist. — Patti Smith

Anna Freud's book The Ego and Mechanisms of Defense (1936) was a partial response to this problem. It became a psychoanalytic field marshal's handbook, documenting and illustrating various unconscious defensive strategies of the ego, alerting the clinician to telltale signs of their operation in the patient's psyche. Reorienting — Stephen A. Mitchell

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. — Charles Kingsley

Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it, miniatures of reality that anyone can make or acquire — Susan Sontag

We may go to the house of mirth, to a party, where we have fun, kick back, have a good time, and enjoy entertainment. Parties are not all that serious; we don't have to be contemplative in order to enjoy ourselves there. Certainly there is a time to laugh, a time to dance, a time to celebrate-a time to have a party. But how much do we learn in those circumstances? Times of mirth do very little for the good of our souls. — R.C. Sproul