Briskys Family Style Quotes & Sayings

The man who wishes to know the "that" which is "thou" may set to work in any one of three ways. He may begin by looking inwards into his own particular thou and, by a process of "dying to self"
self in reasoning, self in willing, self in feeling
come at last to knowledge of the self, the kingdom of the self, the kingdom of God that is within. Or else he may begin with the thous existing outside himself, and may try to realize their essential unity with God and, through God, with one another and with his own being. Or, finally (and this is doubtless the best way), he may seek to approach the ultimate That both from within and from without, so that he comes to realize God experimentally as at once the principle of his own thou and of all other thous, animate and inanimate. — Aldous Huxley

What has reasoning to do with painting? — William Blake

But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it.
-Eli — Sarah Dessen

Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project. — Volunteer 4 Africa

The sharpest tools in the box are not always the best tools for the job. — Craig Stone

It looked like a bird - in the same way that a wolf looked like a lapdog. — Brandon Sanderson

I recited Pi to 22,514 decimal points in five hours and nine minutes. I was able to do this because of weeks of study, aided by the unusual synaesthesic way my mind perceives numbers as complex multidimensional coloured and textured shapes. — Daniel Tammet