Dupuis Bd Quotes & Sayings

Even the simple act which we describe as 'seeing someone we know' is, to some extent, an intellectual process. We pack the physical outline of the creature we see with all the ideas we already formed about him, and in the complete picture of him which we compose in our minds those ideas have certainly the principal place. In the end they come to fill out so completely the curve of his cheeks, to follow so exactly the line of his nose, they blend so harmoniously in the sound of his voice that these seem to be no more than a transparent envelope, so that each time we see the face or hear the voice it is our own ideas of him which we recognize and to which we listen. — Marcel Proust

The more I have written, the less it has been about exploring myself, and the more it has been about exploring the world around me. — Nick McDonell

Emptiness constantly falls within our reach. It is always with us, and conditions all our knowledge, all our deeds and is our life itself. It is only when we attempt to pick it up and hold it forth as something before our eyes that it eludes us, frustrates all our efforts and vanishes like vapor. — D.T. Suzuki

I can't think of anyone I've mistreated. I've always thought that I am my brother's keeper. And I believe there's a 'great spirit' that takes care of all of us. — B.B. King

Literary gentlemen, editors, and critics think that they know how to write, because they have studied grammar and rhetoric; but they are egregiously mistaken. The art of composition is as simple as the discharge of a bullet from a rifle, and its masterpieces imply an infinitely greater force behind them. — Henry David Thoreau

Most people decide at some point that it is better ... to be enthralled with what is impoverished or abusive than not to be enthralled at all and so to lose the condition of one's being and becoming. — Maggie Nelson

I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children. — Walter Mosley

People, material and situation come in to our lives because of our thoughts and beliefs. When we don't want those experiences, we try to push them away. When we use our vital energy in resisting what we don't want, we attract more of it whether it's a person, circumstance or challenge. — Hina Hashmi

gothblood4567: 'sup?
finalwill: i'm working.
gothblood4567 on what?
finalwill: my suicide note. i can't figure out how to end it.
gothblood4567: lol — David Levithan

Nothing's as dangerous as power with impunity. — Isabel Allende

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try. — Simon Sinek

Romance is the icing but love is the cake. — Julia Child