Chagual Quotes & Sayings

There are many things one can think of when one needs someone to vent one's wrath on. — Asne Seierstad

Touch me again, and it will be your last act in life - Blue Eyes. — Lilith Saintcrow

If you have humility you are halfway to God-realization. — Frederick Lenz

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant. — Francois-Rene De Chateaubriand

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all. — Thucydides

I enjoy a four-seasonal climate and wide-open spaces, so being on an island 2,500 miles into the South Pacific made me feel a little claustrophobic. — Matthew Fox

I spend about fifteen minutes a year on economic analysis. — Peter Lynch

Tell me about your family, I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldn't remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way. — Mitch Albom

A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose. — Kristin Cashore

Soon, nobody was leaving their cubicles to talk anymore, and we were either e-mailing each other random thoughts or scheduling meetings, or speaking over an instant message chat. — Christopher Herz

There are three dominant tendencies in a neoliberal society: financialized, privatized, militarized. And when it comes to black poor people, we get all three. — Cornel West

Epilogues are for Tolstoy — E. M. Forster

When we are asked to show our love for God, our desire for him, when he asks us as Jesus asked Peter, 'Lovest thou me?' we have to give proof of it. 'Lovest thou me more than these, more than any human companionship, more than any human love?' It is not filth and ugliness, drugs and drink and perversion he is asking us to prefer him to. He is asking us to prefer him to all beauty and loveliness. To all other love. He is giving us a chance to prove our faith, our hope, our charity. It is as hard and painful as Abraham's ordeal, when he thought he was asked to perform a human sacrifice and immolate his son. — Dorothy Day

Do I have to talk to insane people?"
"You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory. — Jasper Fforde