Darejanis Quotes & Sayings

The great question that God's speech out of the whirlwind poses for Job and every other person of integrity is this: Can you love what you do not control? — Ellen F. Davis

You keep saying that. I'm not sure it means what you think it means. — Steven Gould

Solitude is a catalyst for innovation — Mahatma Gandhi

Just as we can't fully explain what is beautiful, so we can't fully explain why we are friends with someone in a way that will make the grounds of our attraction obvious to another - and even to ourselves. Our efforts always leave something out. And it is what is always left out that we try to gesture toward when we say that it is not something ABOUT our friends that we love but our friends THEMSELVES. But the self that we love is always just one one step behind whatever we can actually articulate. And so we are faced with a choice between saying something that seems informative but is never enough of an explanation ('loyal, practical, unworldly and so on') and saying something else that seems like an explanation but is completely uninformative ('the individual, in the uniqueness and integrity of his or her individuality'). — Alexander Nehamas

And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust. — Simon Raven

When you have an empty mind, you are prepared for the next thing that happens. It's like to be part of a spiritual practice for me simply means that you are there now. Not waiting for the next moment, or not living in the moment before, but you're there now. And it's there now which can only be really breathed and lived if the mind is empty enough to receive it. — George Ogilvie

That I knew I'd misjudged you. That you do love him. I'm not saying in what way. Maybe you don't even know yourself. But anyone paying attention could see how much you care about him. — Suzanne Collins

Do you think we should tell the police?" "Not yet. We don't have anything to tell them. Only some vague suspicions." "Ok, but be careful. Got an — Maighread MacKay

Building companies rules of the game have all changed today. It used to cost millions of dollars to do anything substantial. You'd get VC backing & then you'd hire the team to build it. Now it's deploy or die. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

By relaxation, I don't mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I'm talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation. — Bernie Siegel

In general, watching children's television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you. — John Green

Especially in Britain, people want to limit you. — Rosamund Pike

Discard every self-seeking motive as soon as it is seen, and you need not search for truth; truth will find you ... — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing ... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time. — Mark Wahlberg