Domnule Robert Quotes & Sayings

Just as a stone, a tree, a straw, grain, a mat, a cloth, a pot, and so on, when burned, are reduced to earth (from which they came), so the body and its sense organs, on being burned in the fire of Knowledge, become Knowledge and are absorbed in Brahman, like darkness in the light of the sun. — Adi Shankara

We do not keep security establishments merely to defend property or territory or rights abroad or at sea. We keep the security forces to defend a way of life. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sistani's office refuses the replacement of the law [which excludes former Baath Party members from returning to public life] because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides. — Ali Al-Sistani

For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is known by others. To lose its species song is to lose not just its identity but some part of its presence in the world. — John Burnside

Humans treat time as a map and always know where they are located on it and respond with the appropriate emotion. — Russell Baker

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about. — Tommy Shaw