Demoted Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Virtuous man, contrived conceptualizations come from the existence of a mind, which is a conditioned [conglomeration of] the six sense objects. The conditioned impressions of deluded thoughts are not the true essence of mind; rather, they are like flowers in the sky. The discernment of the realm of Buddhahood with such conceptualization is comparable to the production of empty fruit by the empty flower. One merely revolves in this entanglement of deluded thoughts and gains no result. — Sheng Yen

She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts. — Rick Riordan

When one is possessed with doubt, that though he call upon the Lord he cannot be heard, and that God has turned him heart from him, and is angry ... he must arm himself with God's Word, promising to hear him. — Martin Luther

If a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity — Epicurus

Religion often has conflict with science but spirituality is a science. — Debasish Mridha

If you see it in Strunk and White it's so. — Buffy Andrews

Best of stories are created at Airports, Dinner Tables and Showers! — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions. — Joseph Joubert

A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him. — Wilhelm Von Humboldt

The law of perceptual problem solving, or peekaboo, should now make more sense. It may have evolved to ensure that the search for visual solutions is inherently pleasurable rather than frustrating, so that you don't give up too easily. — V.S. Ramachandran

Talk passionately and act compassionately. The only thing you can do in your life to win the world is to be a kind speaker and a kind listener. That's what makes the humankind. Kind listening and kind speaking. Passionately talk and compassionately act. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past. — Sylvia Plath