Dellian Roberts Quotes & Sayings

Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life. — George Steiner

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep. — Abu Bakr

Modern man, seeking a middle position in the evaluation of sense impression and thought, can, following Plato , interpret the process of understanding nature as a correspondence, that is, a coming into congruence of pre-existing images of the human psyche with external objects and their behaviour. Modern man, of course, unlike Plato , looks on the pre-existent original images also as not invariable, but as relative to the development of a conscious point of view, so that the word "dialectic" which Plato is fond of using may be applied to the process of development of human knowledge. — Wolfgang Pauli

It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage. — Paul Lynde

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions. — Colin Wilson

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending ... we gotta let ourselves be. — Christina Aguilera

This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world. — Haruki Murakami

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it. — Danny Wallace

Among Chinese Singaporeans and Malaysians, many hold the belief that when Admiral Cheng Ho landed in Nanyang, he relieved himself in the jungle, and the steaming puddle of shit and piss evolved into the durian tree. To put it less elegantly, the mounds of flesh inside the durian resemble a row of little turds, resting neatly in a boat-shaped husk. — Wong Yoon Wah

Are you really going to let a toilet stand in the way of you and financial independence? — Robert Kiyosaki

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something. — Jonathan Demme

Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's covering up our experience of just being here, just fully being where we are, so that we can relate with the immediacy of our experience. Egolessness is a state of mind that has complete confidence in the sacredness of the world. It is unconditional well being, unconditional joy that includes all the different qualities of our experience. — Pema Chodron

Was the happiness of knowing these girls really unattainable? It would certainly not have been the first happiness of that sort which I had abandoned all hope of ever enjoying? — Marcel Proust

I soon found myself becoming indifferent to people. A well cynicism rose in me. Conversations all sounded as if they had been recorded years ago and were being played back on a turntable. — Tennessee Williams