Eslaveth Quotes & Sayings

Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics ... — Steve Roper

Retire within thyself, and thou will discover how small a stock is there.
[Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.] — Aulus Persius Flaccus

When your mind is besieged by some inauspicious thoughts, you can bring the sunshine into your life by staying calm! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Real power is not given to us or even created; real power is realized. It comes from realizing an inner sense of peace, self-worth, and happiness. — Dean Ornish

Hopeful visions touch possibilities that only exist in the gaze of the faithful. — Bryant McGill

Psy Free was a trio consisting of guitar, organ and drums. I was the drummer. We did what the name suggests: psychedelic, free music. — Klaus Schulze

The church was an international institution long before globalization. — Shane Claiborne

As soon as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. — Samuel Johnson

Safe! Such a colorful, horrible bog of lace and silks as I have hopes of never seeing again! You have proven to be our hero, kind Sir, for indeed, had you not been there to grant the way of escape, I fear we would have certainly met our undoing! With lace underfoot and egos overhead, not even the strongest woman has hope of weathering such a place! — Lindsey Renee Backen

The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions. — Kenneth E. Boulding

Taking an inventory of mental assets and liabilities, you will discover that your greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. This handicap can be surmounted - and timidity translated into courage - through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion. — Napoleon Hill

The real difficulty about volcanism is not to see how it can start, but how it can stop. — Harold Jeffreys

One of the arguments here at OLPC is, if 100 million kids could have an Asus running Windows, is that better with two million kids running the XO? And the answer is yes. We want kids connected and the largest possible number is the goal. — Nicholas Negroponte

I tend to the wound so often, it never heals. — Warsan Shire