Claspd Quotes & Sayings

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write. — Anne Perry

Your life is pure joy, pure ecstasy, when you live in humility. — Frederick Lenz

Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

I am constantly amazed at how little painters know about painting, writers about writing, merchants about business, manufacturers about manufacturing. Most men just drift. — Sherwood Anderson

Also, don't roll your own cryptosystems — Anonymous

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses. — Jack Kemp

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go. — G.I. Gurdjieff

Hurt feelings or discomfort of any kind cannot be caused by another person. No one outside me can hurt me. That's not a possibility. It's only when I believe a stressful thought that I get hurt. And I'm the one who's hurting me by believing what I think. This is very good news, because it means that I don't have to get someone else to stop hurting me. I'm the one who can stop hurting me. It's within my power.
What we are doing with inquiry is meeting our thoughts with some simple understanding, finally. Pain, anger, and frustration will let us know when it's time to inquire. We either believe what we think or we question it: there's no other choice. Questioning our thoughts is the kinder way. Inquiry always leaves us as more loving human beings. — Byron Katie

The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself. — Maria Montessori

It's only the body that's gone. Only the body. There's a part that doesn't go in the ground, a part that stays inside you forever. — Jennifer Donnelly

But our deepest difficulties cannot be resolved merely on a narrowly intellectual plane. Our deepest difficulty is sin, rebellion against God. We have desires in our hearts that resist the Bible's views and what God has to say. We want to be our own master. — Vern Sheridan Poythress

Merry didn't make you a whining bitch, Talan; you were always that. — Laurell K. Hamilton

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to. — Andrew Scott