Beilby Family Tree Quotes & Sayings

He tapped my chest. 'Happy is here.' He tapped his own chest. 'Here.'
I looked down past my chin. 'Inside?'
'Inside.'
It was getting crowded in there. First angel. Now happy. It seemed there was more to me than cabbage and turnips. — Jerry Spinelli

Our pursuits are for perfection but possibilities are endless. — Debasish Mridha

I became one of those anonymous Americans who tries to keep his mind sharp and inquisitive while performing all the humiliating rituals of the middle class — Pat Conroy

There's no way in hell I could have achieved what I have without being a good student and listening to the wisdom of others — Phil Heath

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. — Kenneth L. Pike

His voice is muddy, that's what it is. Dark and brown and muddy. A note to it like coffee left too long on the burner. And unsweetened, bitter chocolate. But there's dirt in it too, deep, dark dirt, like the garden in October. — Jael McHenry

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer. — Robert Falcon Scott

Money is only a problem to those that aren't willing to develop a higher conscience about how to master it. — Robin Sacredfire

The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

the passionate defense of the Bible as a "history book" among the more conservative wings of Christianity, despite intentions, isn't really an act of submission to God; it is making God submit to us. In its most extreme forms, making God look like us is what the Bible calls idolatry. — Peter Enns

I've always believed, in my heart of hearts, that it would be a better show if, when I crossed over to the desk, the band kept playing for an hour and I danced in a cage. — Conan O'Brien

Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world. — Julian Baggini

Consumers get used to reading and understanding their credit card contracts, their mortgages, their check overdraft agreements, those are good things. That puts power back in the hands of consumers. — Elizabeth Warren

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do. — Trevor Phillips