Becalmed Lyrics Quotes & Sayings

The devil has been painted swarthy, cloven-footed, horned, and hideous. Do we expect to see him in that shape? O, surely it would be better for us, if he did come in that shape! The trouble is the devil never does come in that shape. He comes by chance, with unregistered signals, and in all sorts of counterfeit presentiments. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

We never plant trees in other people's yard and hope them to grow. We plant them in ours, water them and take care of them. We should do the same with our lives. Never lay it on others. — Saru Singhal

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness. — Brent Weeks

Those who carry the vessels of the Lord must be clean, must be holy (Isa. 52:11). — Smith Wigglesworth

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. — Robert Capa

The price of freedom is to allow freedom. Very few people are willing to pay the price. — Leonard Jacobson

Only my characters truly know what's going on - I just hold the pen. — Sandra J. Jackson

One of the things that makes the uncertainty of death so difficult for us is that we could be involved in a project and then, suddenly, it's cut off. And it's cut off in the midst of our involvement, so that we don't have a chance to see it through, to accomplish what we might accomplish. — Todd May

Fish sense, applied in the field, is what the old Zen masters would call enlightenment: simply the ability to see what's right there in front of you without having to sift through a lot of thoughts and theories and, yes, expensive fishing tackle. — John Gierach

In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out. — Thomas Shepard

Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture. — Arthur Helps

I don't want to start all over again with someone else who could be even worse once I discover who he really is - it takes years to really figure a person out. — Loretta Lost

Writing a memoir is a holistic method of learning and healing by placing responsibility for personal transformation on the spiritual authority of the self. Writing a person's life story is useful to gain a comprehensive understanding regarding a person's maturation, distinctive stages of personal development, and the influences provided by their family and society. The writing processes also serves as a catharsis for painful personal events that a person seeks to integrate into their transmuting being. Writing our personal story, we discover new dimensions of our being. — Kilroy J. Oldster