Expressamo Quotes & Sayings

They are not so much afraid of ennui as of labour without pleasure; — Friedrich Nietzsche

Do you really want to be converted? Are you willing to be transformed? Or do you keep clutching your old ways of life with one hand while with the other you beg people to for help you change?
Conversion is certainly not something you can bring about yourself. It is not a question of willpower. You have to trust the inner voice that shows the way. You know that inner voice. You turn to it often. But after you have heard with clarity what you are asked to do, you start raising questions, fabricating objections,, and seeking everyone else's opinion. Thus you become entangles in countless often contradictory thoughts, feelings, and ideas and lose touch with the God in you. And you end up dependent on all the people you have gathered around you.
Excerpt from:The Inner Voice of Love From Anguish to Freedom by Henry Nouwen — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved Austen in the horror section. — Karen Joy Fowler

Slower, it turns out, often means better - better health, better work, better business, better family life, better exercise, better cuisine and better sex. — Carl Honore

If the human intellect is allowed to impose a preconceived pattern on society, if our powers of reasoning are allowed to lay claim to a monopoly of creative effort ... then we must not be surprised if society, as such, ceases to function as a creative force. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized. — Mary Wollstonecraft

To have a complete outfit designed, for me, is easier than trying to find pieces that work together. — Mindy Kaling