Ekyannus Quotes & Sayings

Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to nature and the human constitution, but as making a sort of Third Estate with the world and the soul. Hence, the restorers of readings, the emendators, the bibliomaniacs of all degrees. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some say men continually war against circumstances, but I say they perpetually flee. What are the works of men if not a momentary respite, a hiding place soon to be discovered by catastrophe? Life is endless flight before the hunter we call the world. - EKYANNUS VIII, 111 APHORISMS Spring, — R. Scott Bakker

Keeping divine commandments brings blessings, every time! Breaking divine commandments brings a loss of blessings, every time! — Russell M. Nelson

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? — Henry David Thoreau

I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music. — Gustavo Dudamel

Hello fake Everett children. — Monet Polny

With my wife Camille's help, I took to social networking. I'm working with the computers. — Bill Cosby

Sentences were used by man before words and still come with the readiness of instinct to his lips. They, and not words, are the foundations of all language ... Your cat has no words, but it has considerable feeling for the architecture of the sentence in relation to the problem of expressing climax. — Rebecca West

Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you. — Simon Van Booy