Benedykt 16 Quotes & Sayings

The koans in the Blue Cliff Record do their best to introduce people to their true natures. One of them (number 27 out of 100) quotes a monk asking the master Yun Men, "How is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?" There are many ways to interpret the question, of course. — Mark Epstein

Jesus isn't one of many; he's the one and only. — Todd Stocker

A black conservative is a black who dissents from the victimization explanation of black fate. — Shelby Steele

You ought to teach kids that elections take place but that's not politics. If you want to know how legislation is made it doesn't come from elections. — Noam Chomsky

The appetizers were delicious, not because of the kitchen, but because all food eaten in anticipation of a kiss is delicious. The — Maggie Stiefvater

We prefer to imagine brutal wars and atrocities as events that "just happen" every now and then, much like tornadoes or lightning strikes; this metaphor suggests that we can't generalize from them, since they are radically discontinuous with ordinary life. But wars and atrocities do not "just happen": societies and individuals slide into them, little by little, one tiny decision or omission at a time. (p214) — Rosa Brooks

Love is a luxury."
"No. Love is an element."
An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on. — Laini Taylor

There is no light. I don't feel like starting my generator. I used to get a big kick out saving people's lives. Now I wonder what the hell's the point, since they all have to die anyway.Dr. Stubbs Catch -22 — Joseph Heller

She wished now she'd brought that vibrator as a flashlight instead of leaving it on the couch. — Jill Shalvis

Great music is great music, period. — Ricky Skaggs

As we all came to discover the limitations of assimilation, we grew closer as a family — Miguel Syjuco

It isn't time that's passing by, it is you and I. It — Ruskin Bond

I had always wanted to go down that path at some point, I just hadn't met anyone to go down it with. which begged another question: why hadn't I? What was wrong with me? Oh yes, I knew exactly what I was crying about. It was the fear of being a last resort. Of missing out. And not just on one Saturday night of partying with people I didn't know. On life. The life that everyone else seemed to find so easy to have. — Carrie Adams