Darkroom Lab Quotes & Sayings

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

The odds against an adoptee ending up as the child of the President of the United States are staggering. But then, so are the odds against a movie star becoming president. — Michael Reagan

I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation," he said, "and I am sure he will perform it admirably. — J.K. Rowling

There is nothing new about prophecies to the effect that the end of the world is near if we do not repent. What is new is that such a prophecy is now true, for two obvious reasons. First, nuclear weapons give us the means to wipe ourselves out quickly: no humans possessed this means before. Second, we already appropriate about forty per cent of the Earth's net productivity (that is, the net energy captured from sunlight). With the world's human population now doubling every forty-one years, we will soon have reached the biological limit to growth, at which point we will have to start fighting each other in deadly earnest for a slice of the world's fixed pie of resources. In addition, given the present rate at which we are exterminating species, most of the world's species will become extinct or endangered within the next century, but we depend on many species for our own life support. — Jared Diamond

Alienation and loneliness plant the seeds for rebellion and consciousness. — B.W. Powe

For our personal advancement in virtue and truth one quality is sufficient, namely, love; to advance humanity there must be two, love and intelligence; to accomplish the Great Work there must be three love, intelligence, and activity. And yet love is ever the root and the source. — Louis Claude De Saint-Martin

The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your moves are the strongest. For myself, I claim only to be a knight, advancing in a crooked progress. Do we move ourselves, do you think, or does a great gloved hand place on our squares — Catherine Fisher

Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something. — Rajneesh

I believe the role that people like myself have played in the transformation of public opinion has been by persistently presenting a different point of view, a point of view which stresses the importance of private markets, of individual freedom, and the distorting effect of governmental policy. — Milton Friedman

Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances. — Joyce Meyer

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities. — Anonymous

Hope keeps us alive.
Love gives us joy.
Perception of inner joy open the door toward the happiness. — Debasish Mridha