Caplettes Quotes & Sayings

Such places exist among the endless abodes of every major city, places that seem to be sanctuaries from the present, immune to the hustle and bustle, the sound and fury that in the end change nothing. Like long unopened books sitting upon dusty shelves, there exist people filled with knowledge that has somehow been saved from extinction. But buried as they are by time, there abides in them yet a seed awaiting the proper condition for germination. There is some process that occurs in dormancy, some subtle shifting of the fabric of reality that science has yet to discover. From such forgotten places as these occasionally springs, in some unseen future, a gigantic oak whose day has come. — James Rozoff

No man can make haste to be rich without going against the will of God, in which case it is the one frightful thing to be successful. — George MacDonald

Sometimes I think life's only mission is to bring us to our knees ... the perfect position to seek God. — Yasmin Mogahed

He hadn't love her. She hadn't loved him. Yet they'd cared for each other, and Kestrel remember how he'd set a soft black puppy into her hands. No one had given her such a gift. He'd made her laugh. That, too, was a gift. — Marie Rutkoski

Italians make you laugh and break your heart. — Chloe Thurlow

An active life serves the purpose of giving man the opportunity to realize values in creative work, while a passive life of enjoyment affords him the opportunity to obtain fulfillment in experiencing beauty, art, or nature. — Viktor E. Frankl

Do we always grind through the present, doomed to throw a gold haze of fond retrospect over the past? — Sylvia Plath