Asika Quotes & Sayings

As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor. — Samuel Johnson

Setbacks are stepping stones to something better. — Cash Peters

God is a good paymaster; He pays His servants while at work as well as when they have done it; — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Whether Neil left today or tomorrow or next week, he'd leave alone. Two, five, ten years from now, if Neil was even still alive, he'd still be alone. He could be anyone, anywhere in the world, but he'd be alone until the day he died. He'd never trust anyone enough to let them in. — Nora Sakavic

A word may become so defiled by bad use that it will take a century before it can be purifed, and brought into use again. — Olive Schreiner

I'm extremely superstitious. — Caitlin Kittredge

A life for a life
but what if the life offered as payment meant losing three others? — Sarah J. Maas

The old temporality is losing its effectiveness and moving into the background. Many people go on mumbling the old words, but in the light of the newly revealed sun, the meanings of words are shifting rapidly and are being renewed. Even supposing that most of the new meanings are temporary things that will persist only through sundown that day, we will be spending time and moving forward with them. — Haruki Murakami

I certainly never thought I would run for office myself. If someone had suggested it, I would have laughed out loud. — Jennifer Granholm

It's true - there are only, like, two songs about rainbows, including that one. He should be asking why there are so few songs about rainbows. — Cheryl Cory

We are animals descended from five billion years of wanting, striving, and seeking. And life just doesn't cooperate. So we suffer. And so the solution to that problem is to upgrade our minds, in a distinctly 'unnatural' way, so that the mind clings less and lets go more. — Jay Michaelson

On coming to the house, they (the Magi), saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. (Matthew 2:11) [This] adoration, too, was not the same as the worship of God. In my opinion they did not yet recognize him as God, but they acted in keeping with the custom mentioned in Scripture, according to which Kings and important people were worshiped; this did not mean more than falling down before them at their feet and honoring them. — Martin Luther

I would have to go back to being a dog. I've called myself a dog for many years. — Hank Williams III

Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the place? And a whisper, a whisper about the Potters ... — J.K. Rowling

The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future. — Don DeLillo