Figueiras Arvore Quotes & Sayings

I would not have described myself as a committed atheist for whom all spirituality was nonsense, but as an agnostic in whom large areas of doubt and uncertainty resided. — Jennifer Worth

When you understand the law of divine compensation, you realize that in the presence of spiritual consciousness, there is more than enough compensation for any diminishment in materiality. — Marianne Williamson

It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it. — O. Henry

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. — Thomas Hobbes

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right. — William J.H. Boetcker

A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home, to flower on earth — Gerald Massey

I expect it is very possible that I would make as good a President as a great many men who are talked of for that position. — Warren G. Harding

It was an instant-fix afternoon quickie, and the Architect was a master of the kind. After I locked my front door after him, still radiant from recent orgasmic thrill, I had it all figured out: love yourself. Take care of yourself. Nurture yourself. Have your needs met; and everything will fit in its space. Eventually, if not earlier.
Yet, there was one thing I was unable to grasp:
How come men can do the nasty with their shoes on (how do they take their pants off?), yet they never fail to take off their handwatches? — Gina Wings

All punishments by which the human body might be maimed are barbarbarism. — Catherine The Great

God, how pointless and empty the world is! Days filled with cheap and tarnished moments succeed each other, restless and haunted nights follow in bitter routine: the sun shines without brightness, and the moon rises without light. My heart has the taste of ashes, and my throat is tight and weary with weeping. What is a lost soul? It is one that has turned from its true path and is groping in the darkness of remembered ways - — Malcolm Lowry

I want to get into the theater. I really wanted to be a theater director, but I turned out to be a movie director. — Frank Oz