Beleefdheidsvorm Quotes & Sayings

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it. — Georges Bataille

Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable to ignore the filth, and wasted a burst of power to turn the sink, floors and porcelain toilet into sparkling, clean examples of their kind before using the facility. I felt that was a much less judgmental response than simply blowing the place off the face of the Earth, which was also a distinct temptation, especially when the storekeeper overcharged me for a bottle of cold water. — Rachel Caine

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned. — George Herbert

If you criticize others judgmentally, rather than simply commenting on their behavior impartially, that shows that you have their faults to work on in yourself. By criticizing others, moreover, you increase those faults in yourself. What you condemn in others, you will have to experience, someday, yourself. That is the karmic law. In that way, people are taught compassion.
- Paramhansa Yogananda — Paramahansa Yogananda

Beauty is what I feel my life is about - the garden, the house, whatever. I see the world that way, yet it isn't. — Julie Newmar

Your life is a learning process - you can only become wiser from learning. Sometimes you might have to attract making a painful mistake to learn something important, but after the mistake you have far greater wisdom. Wisdom cannot be bought with money - it can only be acquired through living life. With wisdom comes strength, courage, knowing, and an ever-increasing peace. — Rhonda Byrne

Adaptation is a vital part of a response to the challenge of climate change — Nicholas Stern

For a technology company to succeed, he argued, it needed always to be looking to destroy itself. If it didn't, someone else would. — Michael Lewis

It hardly needs to be said: sooner or later secrets have a way of making themselves known. — Kate Morton

Simple Shepherd Mortuary — Philip K. Dick