Consolatory Meeting Quotes & Sayings

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. — Max Eastman

All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much. — Colm Toibin

A man becomes spiritual insofar as he lives a spiritual life. He begins to see God in all things, to see His power and might in every manifestation. Always and everywhere he sees himself abiding in God and dependent on God for all things. But insofar as a man lives a bodily life, so much he does he do bodily things; He doesn't see God in anything, even in the the most wondrous manifestations of His Divine power. In all things he sees body, material, everywhere and always - "God is not before his eyes." (Ps. 35:2) — John Of Kronstadt

I don't see books. I see doors into other worlds. Windows into minds. The life of man spinning beyond time. — Ryan Winfield

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend. — Henry Rollins

The kind of happy I was that day at the Vet when "Hawk" Dawson actually doffed his red "C" cap to me, and everyone cheered and practically convulsed into tears - you can't patent that. It was one shining moment of glory that was instantly gone. Whereas life, real life, is different and can't even be appraised as simply "happy", but only in terms of "Yes, I'll take it all, thanks" or "No, I believe I won't." Happy, as my poor father used to say, is a lot of hooey. Happy is a circus clown, a sitcom, a greeting card. Life, though, life's about something sterner. But also something better. A lot better. Believe me. — Richard Ford