Chamness Eddyville Quotes & Sayings

She slept deeply, but as usual, she did not dream. It had been months; none of them was dreaming anymore. [p. 227] — Anne Lamott

True happiness comes from the realization that God has already made available everything we will ever need. — Angela Burt-Murray

I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became less and less interesting. — Nicolas Berggruen

[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only time will tell. For example ... ] The Talmud relates a story about two people who wanted to travel by boat. One broke his foot and was unable to make the trip, while his friend got on the boat. The one who missed the boat cursed his misfortune. A few days later, however, he heard that the boat sank and all the passengers drowned. — Zelig Pliskin

At some point in reading, we realize we have to read not just the books that we'd enjoy, but the books that move us, touch us, those that break us and hurt us, those which remind us that we will always be the ignorant of this life. We have to read the books that make us so little, make us a speck of dust or a grain of sand in a galaxy, until we feed our minds with all the knowledge we need, which is infinite in itself. — Nema Al-Araby

Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone. — Berthold Auerbach

If you want to catch the right mental attitude, go where that attitude exists. Start by going to the people who have the right mental attitude. If the right people aren't always available, then go the right book, or to the right recording of a dynamic speaker. — Zig Ziglar

A new scientific truth is usually not propagated in such a way that opponents become convinced and discard their previous views. No, the adversaries eventually die off, and the upcoming generation is familiarised anew with the truth. — Max Planck