Charleville Park Quotes & Sayings

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. — Sheryl Crow

So inscrutable is the arrangement of causes and consequences in this world, that a two-penny duty on tea, unjustly imposed in a sequestered part of it, changes the condition of all its inhabitants. — Thomas Jefferson

Psychology has falsified love as surrender and altruism, while it is an appropriation or a bestowal following from a super-abundance of personality. Only the most complete persons can love. The depersonalized and objective are the worst lovers. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our actions are included within the circle of altruism. This means that all beings with the capacity to feel pleasure or pain should be included; we can improve their welfare by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their pains. — Peter Singer

Did I really want to call myself Swiss if it meant shutting the door on less "perfect" residents? — Clare O'Dea

What they all knew was this: Life was fragile. — Kaya McLaren

I am convinced that what drives most people away from Christianity is not the cost of discipleship but rather the cost of false fundamentals. — Rachel Held Evans

The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line. — Orlando Aloysius Battista

As I work, I see my writing - each scene, each chapter, each section, each book - in three-act structures and classic myths, and I analyze them through the handy filter of the detective story. — Nick Harkaway

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye. — Letitia Baldrige

My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity ... and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself. — Robert A. Heinlein

Smartass Disciple: Master, why there was no second chance in garden of eden?
Master of Stupidity: Of course. Perhaps, human can only enjoy one-time virginity. — Toba Beta

After a while, footsteps sounded on the flagstones outside and there was a gentle tap at the door. Of course, one of them would come. So close were we, the seven of us, that no childhood injury went unnoticed, no slight, real or imagined, went unaddressed, no hurt was endured without comfort. — Juliet Marillier

Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal — Brian Tracy

One of these days some simple soul will pick up the book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed. — Leonard Ravenhill