Ataraka Quotes & Sayings

The stone will melt in tears,
because I can't remain closed to you forever.
I can't escape without being conquered.
From the blue sky an eye will gaze down,
to summon me in silence.
I will receive death utterly at your feet. — Rabindranath Tagore

I began to ponder; this life we had for ourselves, Eric and I, it felt like the opposite of Potage Parmentier. It was easy enough to keep on with the soul-sucking jobs; at least it saved having to make a choice. But how much longer could I take such an easy life? Quicksand was easy. Hell, death was easy. Maybe that's why my synapses had started snapping at the sight of potatoes and leeks in the Korean deli. Maybe that was what was plucking deep down in my belly whenever I thought of Julia Child's book. Maybe I needed to make like a potato, winnow myself down, be a part of something that was not easy, just simple. — Julie Powell

That vulture in you to devour so many As will to greatness dedicate themselves, Finding it so inclined. — William Shakespeare

How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold) Maybe I'm just too demanding, Maybe I'm just like my father too bold.Maybe you're just like my mother She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied) Why do we scream at each other? This is what it sounds like when doves cry. — Prince

If they cannot conquer us, they cannot govern us. — Thomas Paine

Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves. — R.C. Sproul Jr.

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative. — Robert Fripp

Let the wife make her husband glad to come home and let him make her sorry to see him leave. — Martin Luther

My only enemy is time. — Charlie Chaplin