Chapko James Quotes & Sayings

As you see in a pair of bellows, there is a forced breath without life, so in those that are puffed up with the wind of ostentation, there may be charitable words without works. — Joseph Hall

When the sun is setting, leave whatever you are doing and watch it. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. — Alan Watts

If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them. — Ayumi Hamasaki

I never want to draw attention to myself, but that's all I do. — Slash

The most seductive sin, I suppose, is passing judgment on others, and the next must be acting out of one's anger when one has the power to hurt the ones who wound us. — Nell Gavin

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging. — Denis Diderot

Strong is beautiful, beautiful is not always strong — Sari Sikstrom

Not all the subtilties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent Providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Everybody wants to feel special and loved. But you sort of need to feel like you've earned it. — L.T. Vargus

Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness. — Stanislav Grof

Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department. — Truman Capote

It is just this characteristic way in which the brute gives itself up entirely to the present moment that contributes so much to the delight we take in our domestic pets. They are the present moment personified, and in some respects they make us feel the value of every hour that is free from trouble and annoyance, which we, with our thoughts and preoccupations, mostly disregard. — Arthur Schopenhauer

But they never last, the golden days. And it can be sad, the sun in the afternoon, can't it? Yes, it can be sad, the afternoon sun, sad and frightening. — Jean Rhys