Eternally Nameless Chinese Quotes & Sayings

Properly speaking, there are no barbarian standards. Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made. The varying degrees of culture are measured by the greater or less precision of the standards. Where there is little such precision, these standards rule existence only grosso modo; where there is much they penetrate in detail into the exercise of all the activities. — Ortega Y Gasset

Before we can consider which way to go from where we are, we must agree on where we want to end up. If our desire is to become happy, then let's begin by having a realistic understanding of what it means to be happy. — Will Bowen

Jez had gone from an evil twin to a sweet, even angelic, girl, all in less than a minute. — Ridley Pearson

It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him. — Robert Kurson

Progress is discovering what you can do without. — Marty Rubin

If God put the rainbows right in the clouds themselves, each one of us in the direst and dullest and most dreaded and dreary moments can see a possibility of hope ... Each one of us has the chance to be a rainbow in somebody's cloud. — Maya Angelou

I have a chest full of all the insults, villainies, and infamies a man is capable of withstanding ... If you become famous, you will have to go through that. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

Spirituality is committing suicide. Consciousness is attempting to will itself out of existence. — Jaron Lanier

I move with him, letting him touch me, kiss me, taste my body like I'm his canvas and he's painting me with his tongue. — Lauren Blakely

To live is to grow. — Vironika Tugaleva

Our kitchens are filled with ghosts. You may not see them, but you could not cook as you do without their ingenuity: the potters who first enabled us to boil and stew; the knife forgers; the resourceful engineers who designed the first refrigerators; the pioneers of gas and electric ovens; the scale makers; the inventors of eggbeaters and peelers. — Bee Wilson

As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will shrink. Over time, farmers will find other crops to support their livelihoods. Through such collective awakening we can make a difference in our world. — Nhat Hanh

Quand notre coeur a fait une fois sa vendange, Vivre est un mal. Once our heart has been harvested once, Life becomes miserable. — Charles Baudelaire