Claircognizance Meditation Quotes & Sayings

It is the first rule in oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be: and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life. — Jonathan Swift

My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something. — Groucho Marx

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. — Jon Meacham

No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand

He appreciated it, to a point. He also had no intention of having a second marriage like his first, a marriage in which the wife taught the husband, and didn't care who knew it; in fact, took pains to let others see how much she had taught him, how much more she knew about art and politics and all the rest. That had been Dorothy Hearst Paley's fatal flaw, one she recognized too late. Babe — Melanie Benjamin

It's part of what I do at my piano - the hymns. And then I write. — Jessi Colter

Doin' anything at your side, no matter how hard it gets, it's still gonna be a fuckuva lot easier than tryin' to do anything without you. So, you're right. It might not be easy. Life is what it is and we're gonna face shit along the way. But I know what it was like, doin' that not havin' you. And I know what it was like doin' that havin' you. And I know which way I like better. — Kristen Ashley

Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind. — John Steinbeck

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive! — Alison Bechdel

Nothing like a few restful weeks contemplating the decline of civilization to restore the humors. What I did on my summer vacation was listen to a lot of people talk about the decline of practically everything - you could call it the leisure of the theory class. — Molly Ivins

They thought I was a vampire, and it had all been an act. I stared at Jean-Claude's smiling face and the matching scars: his chest, my arm. Jean-Claude's hand pulled me down into a bow. As the applause finally began to fade, Jean-Claude whispered, "We need to talk, Anita. Your friend Catherine's life depends on your actions." I met his eyes and said, "I killed the things that gave me this scar." He smiled broadly, showing just a hint of fang. "What a lovely coincidence. So did I. — Laurell K. Hamilton

But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition. — Gary Player

Divine sovereignty entails four biblical truths: (1) God knows all things, (2) He controls all things, (3) He is free from all things, and (4) He is holy and righteous in all things. — Kenneth Keathley

There are few things truer in life than... you can not play a guitar after doing the dishes and you can't get anywhere in life with a negative mind. — K. Farrell St. Germain

Unfortunately, the (budget) does not ... help Congress reform such programs as Medicaid and Medicare, which both grow at average rate of around 8 percent each year through 2015 and will continue to eat up more of the total federal budget. — John Cornyn