Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna Quotes & Sayings

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces. — Henry David Thoreau

Some cancers are curable, while others are highly incurable. The spectrum is enormous. Metastatic pancreatic cancer is a highly incurable disease, whereas some leukemia forms are very curable. There is a big difference between one form and another. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

You've got your whole life to do something, And that's not very long. So why don't you give me a call When you're willing to fight For what you think is real, For what you think is right. — Ani DiFranco

A witness can be of more value than a policy analyst. An amateur witness, free of conceptual bias, sometimes sees the plainest truth. One should never be blinded by tailoring. — Andrew Solomon

My life for you. I lay down my life you. — Stephen King

The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home. We imitate; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Like a brilliant shooting star, she had almost reached her zenith when her light was extinguished. — Anne Rouen

I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me. — Paul Reiser

I feel like I've lived quite a sheltered life, like my mom and dad were quite protective of me. — Leona Lewis

But a real vision, a real change, isn't safe," Maya said. "You don't pay a workshop fee for it, you pay with your life. — Starhawk

A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul. — Therese De Lisieux