Destinato Rigore Quotes & Sayings

My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common sense, is that establishing binding ethical principles is possible when we take as our starting point the observation that we all desire happiness and wish to avoid suffering. — Dalai Lama

That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man. — L. Ron Hubbard

My father tried to get me to be around gay people a lot when I was young. He owned a gay bookstore and it had a lot of gay literature and art books and he wanted me to be taken care of by the young gays and lesbians who worked for him. — Margaret Cho

It is at once by way of poetry and through poetry, as with music, that the soul glimpses splendors from beyond the tomb; and when an exquisite poem brings one's eyes to the point of tears, those tears are not evidence of an excess of joy, they are witness far more to an exacerbated melancholy, a disposition of the nerves, a nature exiled among imperfect things, which would like to possess, without delay, a paradise revealed on this very same earth. — Charles Baudelaire

If he exalt himself, I humble him if he humble himself, I exalt him: and I always contradict him, till he understands that he is an incomprehensible monster. — Blaise Pascal

I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day. — Mark Mothersbaugh

Material success is always tempered by the recollection that there was some kind of happiness that was supposed to come with it. — Robert Breault

To fear is to have more faith in your antagonist than in Christ. — D.L. Moody

In my youth, I was always one for the dramatic entrance. Now, in keeping with my character, I gravitate more toward the subtle and refined. Okay, with the occasional feathered serpent thrown in. — Jonathan Stroud

I just did whatever it took to keep making music - slept on couches. You would be amazed at how far $20 can go if you stretch it out. — Daniel Powter