Coming To Terms With Being Alone Quotes & Sayings

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two. — Shimon Peres

Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will. — Teresa Of Avila

The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush. — Florence Littauer

Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life. — Marcel Proust

There may even be puritanical fanatics of conscience, who prefer to put their last trust in a sure nothing, rather than in an uncertain something. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Each time he took a walk, he felt as though he were leaving himself behind, and by giving himself up to the movement of the streets, by reducing himself to a seeing eye, he was able to escape the obligation to think, and this, more than anything else, brought him a measure of peace, a salutary emptiness within ... By wandering aimlessly, all places became equal and it no longer mattered where he was. On his best walks he was able to feel that he was nowhere. And this, finally was all he ever asked of things: to be nowhere. — Paul Auster

Above all, you can believe in Providence in either of two ways, either as thirst believes in the orange, or as the ass believes in the whip. — Victor Hugo

To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson Of Lodsworth

A girl doesn't mind a little trouble in her life now and then. — Tess Oliver

'Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical. — Lea Thompson

I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation. — Scott Walker

I've been using Steinberg's Cubase exclusively to record and mix my music since the very beginning of my career. It's no exaggeration to say that Cubase has been my partner in bringing my music and message to the world, and, now, they are helping to bring my story to the world as well, as I record the audiobook of my novel. — Emilie Autumn