Contrepoints Quotes & Sayings

The images we create could turn into wild beasts and tear us to pieces. — Rumi

There are two kind of people. Those who believe in luck and ones who try hard. — Ali Gh.

You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me. — Suzanne Collins

When you feel overwhelmed, you're trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don't think too much about to do - to be is first. To be peace. To be joy. To be happiness. And then to do joy, to do happiness - on the basis of being. So first you have to focus on the practice of being. Being fresh. Being peaceful. Being attentive. Being generous. Being compassionate. This is the basic practice. It's like if the other person is sitting at the foot of a tree. The tree does not do anything, but the tree is fresh and alive. When you are like that tree, sending out waves of freshness, you help to calm down the suffering in the other person. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Believe in me and you shall die, forever. — Chuck Palahniuk

Over the centuries, Chinese bureaucrats perfected the dark arts of emptiness to such an extent that when they deliver speeches these days, they often recite verbatim speeches that they have previously delivered, with the sparest of adjustments. — Evan Osnos

We have to reinvent the wheel every once every once in a while, not because we need a lot of wheels; but because we need a lot of inventors. — Bruce Joyce