Einojuhani Rautavaara Quotes & Sayings

The realm of the real is Spirit. The unlikeness of Spirit is matter, and the opposite of the real is not divine, it is a human concept. Matter is an error of statement. This error in the premise leads to errors in the conclusion in every statement into which it enters. Nothing we can say or believe regarding matter is immortal, for matter is temporal and is therefore a mortal phenomenon, a human concept, sometimes beautiful, always erroneous. — Mary Baker Eddy

I wish there were strict laws to stop people from corrupting other people's mind with their negativity thus influencing them to form biased opinion of someone, some situation or overall way of living. — Arti Honrao

I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. — Edgar Allan Poe

A father for whom everything is an unshakable duty, for whom there is a right way and a wrong way and nothing in between, a father whose compound of ambitions, biases, and beliefs is so unruffled by careful thinking that he isn't as easy to escape from as he seems. Limited men with limitless energy; men quick to be friendly and quick to be fed up; men for whom the most serious thing in life is to keep going despite everything. And we were their sons. It was our job to love them. — Philip Roth

The only real basis other people have for judging your abilities is your actions. And your actions are controlled by your thoughts. — David J. Schwartz

The job of the media is not to protect the powerful from embarrassment. — Simon Jenkins

When you've had a relationship with anybody in your life and you both know what that relationship is, you don't have to do anything to prove to anybody that you've had that relationship. It just exists. — Guy Pearce

Who's happy? Happy is just what people think they are when they can't find anything to bitch about. — Rasmenia Massoud

The one thing everybody's looking for is unconditional love. We all need somebody to love us just the way we are — Joyce Meyer

When Knowledge Went North (excerpt)
As for us,
We came nowhere near being right,
Since we have the answers.
"For he who knows does not speak
He who speaks does not know"
And "The Wise Man gives instruction
Without the use of speech. — Thomas Merton

divine views in the entire country, so if you want to see what a true monument of manmade energy can be please check out the Taj Mahal! — Larry Phan

My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much. — Denis Villeneuve

What the world needs is a set villain that people can point at and say, It's all your fault! — Haruki Murakami

I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky — Jennifer Lopez

First, it must be realized that liveliness in the preacher does not mean liveliness in the congregation. On the contrary, the extreme liveliness in the preacher is produced by dullness in the congregation ... It is when the congregation is dull that it wants to be amused. — G.K. Chesterton