Enlive Quotes & Sayings

Everything seems simple and near. Then, all of a sudden, I cannot understand this simplicity. Again, I'm calm. In a second I grow fearful, because I am calm. I always used to be afraid, my whole life long; but now that there's a great deal to be afraid of, I have very little fear. Why is it? I cannot understand. — Maxim Gorky

He was surrounded by love, and he used that power to create. — Suzanne Young

The very identity of racist Southerners depends upon contrasting themselves with those dirty black "nigras." But, conversely, the out-groups feel that they are really and truly "in," and nourish their collective ego with relishingly indignant conversation about squares, Ofays, Wasps, Philistines, and the blasted bourgeoisie. Even Saint Thomas Aquinas let it out that part of the blessedness of the saints in Heaven was that they could look over the battlements and enjoy the "proper justice" of the sinners squirming in Hell. All winners need losers; all saints need sinners; all sages need fools - that is, so long as the major kick in life is to "amount to something" or to "be someone" as a particular and separate godlet. — Alan W. Watts

She knew breaking up with Ethan was going to be a full-time job because being in a relationship with him had also been a full-time job. — Richard Finney

Kindness is the music that softens every heart and fills it with ineffable joy. — Debasish Mridha

He knew there were some who said that those who kept dogs had to resign themselves to their eventual loss because of the animals' relatively short lives. The trick - if "trick" was the right word - was to learn to love the spirit of the animal, and to recognize that it transferred itself from dog to — John Connolly

This office is smaller than the last one I had. I'm not trying to impress people. I want to be close to them. — Steve Wynn

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all. — Madeleine M. Kunin

Maybe, although my heart
is a kitten of butter,
I am blowing it up like a zeppelin. — Anne Sexton

It is only when people have rights of property, and can freely exchange what they own for what they need, that a society of strangers can achieve economic coordination. Socialists — Roger Scruton

A white person was by definition somebody. Other people needed, across their hearts, one steel rib. — Gish Jen

Each of us has immense potential to achieve what we desire, unless you enliven and enlighten your life with inspiration, bring your dreams into reality through the power of desire you will never shine as bright as your potential. — Steven Redhead

I don't like clothes that constrict. The idea is that they should accompany and help you. There's nothing superficial about getting dressed. Clothes can give you self-confidence and help you be yourself. — Christophe Lemaitre