Brimstone And Treacle Quotes & Sayings

It is not the events but our viewpoint toward events that is the determining factor. We ought to be more concerned about removing wrong thoughts from the mind than removing tumors and abscesses from the body. — Epictetus

The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out. — Benito Mussolini

Oh, no you don't. You can be pissed at me all you want. But if you think I'm leaving you out here like this, let me alleviate you of that notion. Not gonna happen, sunshine. Her — Roni Loren

There is a unique pleasure in obedience. The answer of a good conscience brings into the heart a peace and satisfaction that nothing can destroy. — Karen Andreola

Awareness isn't something we own; awareness isn't something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are. — Adyashanti

Before I sleep I normally lie awake and think of the future. I've resolved I can't understand life the way I can understand an equation or formula. For so long I've wanted to find concrete answers or die trying. It's hard at first to find comfort in not knowing or to make peace with it. But I think it is the only way to make it in this life. Getting stuck on a question only makes me estranged from the world. — Shane Crash

Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment. — Sharon Salzberg

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go. — Charles Spurgeon

Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song. — Rachel Carson

In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions. — John Stuart Mill

The problem with thinking "we go to church" is that it gives us a consumer mindset: I'm looking for a church that meets my needs. I need a good church that will help me. — Craig Groeschel

Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility. — Norman Vincent Peale

For great changes in the human mind are terrible. As we realize them we realize the limitless possibilities of sinister deeds that lie hidden in every human being. A little child that loves a doll can become an old, crafty, secret murderer. How horrible! And perhaps it is still more horrible to think that, while the human envelope remains totally unchanged, every word of the letter within may become altered, and a message of peace fade into a sentence of death. — Robert Smythe Hichens

The beauty of my passion had been crushed under the weight of my horrific past. — Anne Tibbets

Self-satisfaction is the state of mind of those who have the happy conviction that they are not as other men. — Margery Allingham