Flnet Quotes & Sayings

If you cannot find it within you to withstand the negative in your life, you'll never manage to recognize the good — Mark W. Boyer

What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning; there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a movement of great ecstasy which is not to be confounded with pleasure. It is this ecstasy which gives to the eye, to the brain and to the heart, the quality of innocency. Without seeing life as something totally new, it is a routine, a boredom, a meaningless affair. So meditation is of the greatest importance. It opens the door to the incalculable, to the measureless. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them. — Alan Ayckbourn

Women are the cohesive force in society. — Jennifer Worth

They would sit together under the stars, recalling the ages that were gone and all their joys and labours in the world, or holding council, concerning the days to come. — J.R.R. Tolkien

She [Catherine of Siena] compares Christ, too, with a knight who has ridden out to fight for us; for our sake He came down from Heaven to fight and triumph over the devil. The crown of thorns is His helmet, his flayed flesh His mail, the nails in His Hands and Feet, His gauntlet and spurs. So we should follow our Knight and take new courage in our trials and difficulties. — Sigrid Undset