Enseignements Pratiques Quotes & Sayings

The trouble of the modern age is not merely the inability to believe certain things about God and man which our forefathers believed, but the inability to feel towards God and man as they did. — T. S. Eliot

Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else. — David Foster Wallace

When frying small fish, disturb them little. — Confucius

There are two things for a marriage to be good. One is to work hard on it. The other one is to marry above you. And I succeeded at both of those. — Ben Affleck

Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks without mercy and compassion. You visit not the sick and the imprisoned; nor do you feed the hungry or give refuge to the stranger or comfort to the mourner. — Khalil Gibran

You ask a philosopher a question and after he or she has talked for a bit, you don't understand your question any more. — Philippa Foot

The assumption that the laws of nature are eternal is a vestige of the Christian belief system that informed the early postulates of modern science in the seventeenth century. Perhaps the laws of nature have actually evolved along with nature itself, and perhaps they are still evolving. Or perhaps they are not laws at all, but more like habits. — Rupert Sheldrake

Playtime was over. I grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her down on the bed. — Matt Abrams

Thou Wonder, and thou Beauty, and thou Terror! — Percy Bysshe Shelley

There's always ideas buzzing around, but it's whether they actually end up materialising into a song. — Kate Bush

But really people are responsible for their own reactions/feelings and can't go away blaming others with "YOU MAKE ME FEEL ... ." when they should really be saying "I FEEL ... " because it gives them ownership over their own selves as opposed to constantly holding another accountable for their own happiness. — Hannah Hart

I have no ambition to change my nature, I merely intend to conquer my dislikes. — Georges Bernanos

Those who meant well behaved in the same way as those who meant badly. — Aldous Huxley