Calpurnius Siculus Quotes & Sayings

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps. — Barry Lopez

The greatest investment one can ever make is the investment into humanity, for an achievement based on positive influence into people's life can stand the test of time, survive through the mortality of men and resound endlessly through posterity — Uzoma Ezeson

The idea that the right way of valuing goods and social practices depends on the purposes and ends those practices serve. — Michael J. Sandel

In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true. — Simon Greenleaf

People tend to eat through the cello. They tend to take out the things that make it beautifully cello-y sometimes. — Julia Kent

A man may act as his conscience dictates so long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others. That is the spirit of true democracy, and all government by the Priesthood should be actuated by that same high motive. — David O. McKay

Just remember, it's an easy place to be at home in, Ireland. I think the people are very skilled at relating. I notice, watching the different nationalities on the mountain, the fluidity of interaction the Irish people have with the visitors, and with each other. It's a skill that's less developed in other nationalities, and it's so instinctive it doesn't even look like a skill. — Pete McCarthy

I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of. — George Bentham

Only pain makes it grow stronger. One sorrow makes it kind. Contentment makes it wither, and joy seems to build walls around it. The heart is perverse, and it is cruel. I hate the heart and seems to hate me. — Douglas Coupland

Sometimes our memory betray us. — Haruki Murakami

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it. — William Gilmore Simms