Celovitost Quotes & Sayings

The vision and the faculty divine; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse. — William Wordsworth

Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes a part of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined. Out goes naivete, in comes wisdom; out goes anger, in comes discernment; out goes despair, in comes kindness. No one would call it easy, but the rhythm of emotional pain that we learn to tolerate is natural, constructive and expansive ... The pain leaves you healthier than it found you. — Martha N. Beck

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism. — Jodi Rell

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. — Maya Angelou

If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one. — Chilon Of Sparta

War is a dangerous teacher and physical victory leads often to a moral defeat. — Sri Aurobindo

A line has to be drawn somewhere between what is essential and what is peripheral. — Sargent Shriver

People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense. — Chris Reifert

I remember, especially like when I was in high school, going to see like Dawn of the Dead and it was like mayhem in the theater and you could barely even watch the movie. It was so fun. — Rob Zombie

I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes. — Mitt Romney

Urban nature is like living with mass conditions. It sometimes feels like a myth & you are its scribe. — Eileen Myles

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine

Hilta laughed like someone who had thought hard about Life and had seen the joke. — Terry Pratchett

I loved rhubarb, that hardy, underappreciated garden survivor that leafed out just as the worst of winter melted away. Not everyone was a fan, especially of the bitter, mushy, overcooked version. Yet sometimes a little bitterness could bring out the best in other flavors. Bitter rhubarb made sunny-day strawberry face the realities of life- and taste all the better for it. As I brushed the cakes with a deep pink glaze made from sweet strawberry and bottled rhubarb bitters, I hoped I would change rhubarb doubters. Certainly, the little Bundt cakes looked as irresistible as anything I had ever seen in a French patisserie. — Judith Fertig

Doth any man live more to himself, or less to God, than the proud? — Richard Baxter