Donosti Quotes & Sayings

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. — Ann Radcliffe

So as not to risk appearing to introduce a duality, let alone a plurality, into the one and personal God, the Semitic texts and their commentators refuse to give the right answer by stating that God, being "all-powerful," "doeth what He wills"; we find this argument in Isaiah, Job and Saint Paul, as well as in the Koran. It is a doubl-edged argument, yet for certain psychological reasons it was efficacious for three or four millennia, in the climate for which it was destined. - p98 — Frithjof Schuon

Sometimes we miss happy because we're always looking for something else. We worry, we give in to fear, we compare ourselves to others, we're planning and plotting, but happiness is here, it's a choice, day to day. — Cathy Lamb

I don't write with a machine. I write with a pen and a paper, which is what is most comfortable for me. — Wayne Dyer

When I am drunk I am at my best. It is the national knack of the French. — Orson Scott Card

After Katrina, I decided it's better to have a President who's competent rather than one who's beer-worthy.

Doonsebury — G.B. Trudeau