Confinsate Quotes & Sayings

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself. — Publilius Syrus

The risk of love is loss and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love — Hilary Stanton Zunin

God is not in strength but in truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Motivation: to think myself successful! — Lorii Myers

Or you may say, "This is bad, so I should not do this." Actually, when you say, "I should not do this," you are doing not-doing in that moment. So there is no choice for you. When you separate the idea of time and space, you feel as if you have some choice, but actually, you have to do something, or you have to do not-doing. Not-to-do something is doing something. Good and bad are only in your mind. So we should not say, "This is good," or "This is bad." Instead of saying bad, you should say, "not-to-do"! If you think, "This is bad," it will create some confusion for you. So in the realm of pure religion there is no confusion of time and space, or good or bad. All that we should do is just do something as it comes. Do something! Whatever it is, we should do it, even if it is not-doing something. We should live in this moment. — Shunryu Suzuki

Avoid the profane novelty of words, St. Paul says (I Timothy 6:20) ... For if novelty is to be avoided, antiquity is to be held tight to; and if novelty is profane, antiquity is sacred. — Vincent Of Lerins

You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land. — Fiorello H. La Guardia

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

For a beverage, you asked for some "cherry-assed Kool Aid." Okay, now you're just adding "assed" in places where it doesn't even make sense. Regardless, we will fulfill your request for Cherry Kool-Aid. However, Halle Berry will not be pouring it from her mouth into yours.
For dessert, you asked for your mother's homemade peach cobbler. It is highly unorthodox for someone other than the prison kitchen staff to prepare a final meal. Also, you killed her about eight years ago, remember? So you'll have to settle for Hostess. — Colin Nissan

In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling. — Stephen King

Act in such a way that you will be worthy of being happy. — Immanuel Kant

I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure. — Hanna Rosin

You can victimize yourself by wallowing around in your own past. — Wayne Dyer

A thoroughly ridiculous form of transport, but a thoroughly beautiful one. — Douglas Adams

Too many multi-vitamins are packaged as one size fits all, but you should be more specific about what you need. When I was competing as a dancer, I took zinc for healthy skin and immune system. — Anton Du Beke