Quotes & Sayings About Florante At Laura

It is not true that the up cycle is good and the down cycle bad, except in the mind's judgment. Growth is usually considered positive, but nothing can grow forever. If growth, of whatever kind, were to go on and on, it would eventually become monstrous and destructive. Dissolution is needed for new growth to happen. One cannot exist without the other. — Eckhart Tolle

The soul that has come to know God fully no longer desires anything else, nor does it attach itself to anything on the earth; and if you put before it a kingdom, it would not desire it, for the love of God gives such sweetness and joy to the soul that even the life of a king can no longer give it any sweetness. — Silouan The Athonite

Revive, Rekindle, Rejoice. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up. — Kabir

Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself. — Jack McDevitt

Even though he'd released only a sliver of his power, it still felt as if I'd just gotten subconsciously scalded. If I were anyone else, I'd be terrified at pissing off the legendary Vlad Tepesh, meaning "Impaler," aka Dracula, aka don't-ever-call-him-Dracula-if-you-want-to-live, but I was Mrs. Vlad Dracul, thank you very much. — Jeaniene Frost

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years. — Stendhal