Brussen Quotes & Sayings

If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Criticism is to poetry as air is to a noise: it allows it to be heard; and even if we can't see it or feel it, it is there, shaping how we hear. — Annie Finch

I wore a coat and tie all through high school: my way of being rebellious in the late 1950s. — Vint Cerf

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way. — Chris Lowe

We came whirling out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust ...
The stars made a circle, and in the middle, we dance. — Rumi

New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might put it to you, 'Jane is now friends with Tom.' The connection has been made; the picture is getting more complete. — Douglas Rushkoff

If you want to be around people who are positive and enthusiastic and eager to live life, your attitude has to be the same. — David Cottrell

Understatement has become part of the tradition. A proposal to build a history room to house the football team's memorabilia was immediately shelved when many former players complained. What makes this program so special is what you carry in your heart, they argued, not what you hang on the wall. — Neil Hayes

Technological innovations do not define a science; they merely prove that medicine is scientific - i.e., — Siddhartha Mukherjee

Force I will meet with gentleness; impatience with patience. — Walter Russell

When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse. — Chico Xavier