Chikkanna Kannada Quotes & Sayings

The notion that the fulfilment of prayer has been determined from eternity, that it was originally included in the plan of creation, is the empty, absurd fiction of a mechanical mode of thought, which is in absolute contradiction with the nature of religion. Whether God decides on the fulfilment of my prayer now, on the immediate occasion of my offering it, or whether he did decide on it long ago, is the same thing. — Ludwig Feuerbach

Never let them know who you really are, how you live, and that you can observe and think, that was her motto. — Marge Piercy

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship. — Edmund Wilson

I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture. — Bernard Rudofsky

Emerson loved the good and his life was a symphony of peace and harmony, Carlyle hated the bad, and his life was a record of perpetual discord and inharmony. — Charles F. Haanel

You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down. — Thomas Sowell

A light here required a shadow there. — Virginia Woolf

Before [Hindus and Moslems] dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself. — Mahatma Gandhi

I am selfish - you have already said so - and as a selfish man I think not of what others would do in my situation, but of what I intend doing myself.
Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo (Kindle Locations 11677-11678). — Alexandre Dumas

If you want to write an angry e-mail, write it but don't send it. It's based on my experience that whenever I have acted out in some manner, I have always regretted it. — Tim Gunn

I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door. — Michael Ondaatje

Mattia's voice no longer stirred anything in his stomach, but he was aware of the idea of him and always would be, as the only true benchmark for everything that had come afterward. — Paolo Giordano

I'd been told that when you first put your feet on African ground, you'll be hit by a feeling of overwhelming understanding, like you've returned home and suddenly belong. Quite frankly, I didn't feel that. — Jill Scott

The good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the pleasure, the pain. I want that. — Colleen Hoover

Goodbyes are sad, no matter what the promise of tomorrow is. — Janet Leigh