Convento Das Quotes & Sayings

We do not pray for the sake of praying, but for the sake of being heard. We do not pray in order to listen to ourselves praying but in order that God may hear us and answer us. Also, we do not pray in order to receive just any answer: it must be God's answer. — Thomas Merton

Intemperance is the physician's provider. — Publilius Syrus

Often our biggest distractions are not external, but come from within. Get out of your own way! — Mani S. Sivasubramanian

In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying. — Etgar Keret

Even when natural weather is good, human weather is bad. — Yasunari Kawabata

Living is keeping the absurd alive. — Albert Camus