Basboussa Quotes & Sayings

Even the smallest measure of time is greater than the greatest measure of space. Or is that a lie? Does it only seem so to us, because we can never get it back? — Paul Bowles

Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship. — Charles F. Stanley

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected. — Charles Lamb

Monastic vows rest on the false assumption that there is a special calling, a vocation, to which superior Christians are invited to observe the counsels of perfection while ordinary Christians fulfill only the commands; but there simply is no special religious vocation since the call of God comes to each at the common tasks. — Martin Luther

It's not that tens of millions of people all want to be violent. But they share the worldview that then, at its extreme, gives rise to the violence. And in my view, this is why this is such a global problem. — Tony Blair

Imperfection is a core dimension of freedom. — Yochai Benkler

Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! A true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is not pleasure, but power. All that is literature seeks to communicate power; all that is not literature, to communicate knowledge. — Thomas De Quincey

I listen to my spirit guide. — Sylvia Browne

But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play. — Buddy Rich