Colocynthin Quotes & Sayings

True strength isn't being able to knock your enemies down, it's being able to hold yourself upright against their blows. — Toni Sorenson

True "volunteering," then, obeys no law, seeks no returns, pays no debts, plans no praise for yourself, nor proves your goodness — Walter Wangerin Jr.

Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent. — Margaret Heffernan

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself. — Cato The Elder

Yes, the world is broken. But don't be offended by it. Instead, thank God that He's intervened in it, and He's going to restore it to everything it was meant to be. His kingdom is breaking through, bit by bit. Recognize it, and wonder at it. — Brant Hansen

Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies, animal magnetism, psychological concepts, quantum theory, mathematics or the so-called anthropomorphic principle) it is not a case that one of them is more 'true' than others, but a case of which theory or model you choose to believe in, or which theory you find most attractive. Indeed, from a Chaos Magic perspective, you can selectively believe that a particular theory or model of magical action is true only for the duration of a particular ritual or phase of work. — Phil Hine

Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved — Adriana Trigiani

I'm just saying it doesn't always have to be spirits and magic. Sometimes hauntings are in your mind. It doesn't make them less real. — Kendare Blake

Perhaps the only people who need go thirsty through the street where there is a drinking fountain, are the fine ladies and gentlemen who are in their carriages. They are very thirsty - but cannot think of being so vulgar as to get out to drink. It would demean them, they think, to drink at a common drinking fountain - so they ride by with parched lips. Oh, how many there are who are rich in their own good works and cannot therefore come to Christ! — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Beautiful, ugly, impressive, disgusting, meaningless, grim, contradictory etc ... It makes no difference, as long as it is life, vigorously pouring forth. — Asger Jorn

While the aesthetics of consumption (photographic or otherwise) requires a heroicized myth of the artist, the exemplary practice of the player-off codes requires only an operator, a producer, a scriptor, or a pasticheur. — Abigail Solomon-Godeau

I honestly believe in a force that's larger than our own. — Grace Gealey

I love you so" I said as I slashed her throat from ear to ear. — Shadow Mandoll

A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection. — Elias Hasket Derby