De Silvestri Gifts Quotes & Sayings

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. — Plato

Saints guide people on the path of religion [dharma] and the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] grants 'liberation' (moksha). — Dada Bhagwan

You stop talking about things when you've worked them out. You're no longer an observer but a participant. You're too busy for this bullshit. — Caitlin Moran

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit. — Colin Quinn

I'm sort of like the kid that kicks around in Vans, beat-up Converse, ripped jeans, and t-shirts. — Michaela McManus

A sermon should be like a woman's dress. Long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to keep your attention. — J. Golden Kimball

Faith taints or at worst removes our curiosity about the world, what we should value, and what type of life we should lead. Faith replaces wonder with epistemological arrogance disguised as false humility. Faith immutably alters the starting conditions for inquiry by uprooting a hunger to know and sowing a warrantless confidence. — Peter Boghossian

Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting. — Hubert Selby Jr.

There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine. — Walter Darby Bannard