Boilermakers Local 169 Quotes & Sayings

Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain. — Mahatma Gandhi

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches. — Harry Mathews

Innocence alone can be passionate. The innocent have no sorrow, no suffering, though they have had a thousand experiences. It is not the experiences that corrupt the mind but what they leave behind, the residue, the scars, the memories. These accumulate, pile up one on top of the other, and then sorrow begins. This sorrow is time. Where time is, innocency is not. Passion is not born of sorrow. Sorrow is experience, the experience of everyday life, the life of agony and fleeting pleasures, fears and certainties. You cannot escape from experiences, but they need not take root in the soil of the mind. These roots give rise to problems, conflicts and constant struggle. There is no way out of this but to die each day to every yesterday. The clear mind alone can be passionate. Without passion you cannot see the breeze among the leaves or the sunlight on the water. Without passion there is no love. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Old godheads sink in space and drown Their arks like foundered galleons sucked down. — Don Marquis

I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment ... — C.S. Lewis

I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with the radicals. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The world in which we live is no more real than a moon beam reflected in water drawn from the palm of the hand ... — Shan Sa

In a course of a lifetime, what does it matter? — Sharon Creech

Love is like grass. If you fall on it, it may leave a stain and some temporary pain. But you'll get over the pain, it will eventually stop hurting. Now maybe the stain ruined your favourite pair of jeans, or maybe it was nothing special that was ruined, but either way the stain remains there. And with time, it will begin to fade, but it will always be there, a permanent reminder that you, too, once fell. — John Mayer

Seeing the world through the eyes of a child is the purest joy that anyone can experience. — Constance Zimmer