Bessenyei Emma Quotes & Sayings

The enemy of the spirit is the selfish ego, which thinks that happiness can be gained through causing unhappiness and disharmony to others. In many ancient languages, the word for enemy means "one who falls out of rhythm; one who is not working in harmony with the larger group." — Sharon Gannon

I can only display what I've been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn't deserve this heritage. — Abbas Kiarostami

Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their wings. — Laini Taylor

He had what young and/or terrible people were recently calling swag. — Dave Holmes

Don't blame if people are too harsh on you, maybe they have been hurt badly before. — M.F. Moonzajer

If you want a more democratic EU, communication has to be among its core tasks. There should be a legal foundation for it: Fifty years after the founding of the European project, communication belongs in the constitution. — Margot Wallstrom

Just because you are what you are, where you are, that does not mean you should continue to be there.-RVM — R.v.m.

The boys like me as a pal but I don't believe anyone will ever really fall in love with me."
"Nonsense," said Emily reassuringly. "Nine out of ten men will fall in love with you."
"But it will be the tenth I'll want," persisted Ilse gloomily. — L.M. Montgomery

It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it. — Eric Metaxas

I really don't think of myself as a science writer. — James Gleick

We seem to do little more than lurch between wanting and not wanting. Thus, the question naturally arises: Is there more to life than this? Might it be possible to feel much better (in every sense of better) than one tends to feel? Is it possible to find lasting fulfillment despite the inevitability of change? — Sam Harris

There are moments when people love crime," Alyosha said pensively.
"Yes, yes! You've spoken my own thought, they love it, they all love it, and love it always, not just at 'moments.' You know, it's as if at some point they all agreed to lie about it, and have been lying about it ever since. They all say they hate what's bad, but secretly they all love it. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

But how long must she sing in the darkness until she is at last allowed out into the light of day? — Unica Zurn

That old woman taught me my catechism! said the young man; and there was a world of meaning in this simple comment. — Nathaniel Hawthorne