Gaiane Akopian Quotes & Sayings

I blame Al-Jazeera. They are marketing for the Americans. — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

People have unlatched the energies of the worldly self (jiv shakti), but they have not unlatched the energies of Real Self (shiv shakti). — Dada Bhagwan

Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God. — Martin Luther

Everybody enjoys what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy, and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to look perfect and make money and be popular and well-respected and admired and a total baller to the point that people part like the Red Sea when they walk into the room. Everybody wants that. It's easy to want that. A more interesting question, a question that most people never consider, is, "What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?" Because that seems to be a greater determinant of how our lives turn out. For — Mark Manson

When besieged, I'm calm as a baby. When all hell breaks loose, I'm collected and cool. — Eugene H. Peterson

A present moment in time, is defined by the observation of our actions, as much as it is undefined by the intent of our inaction. — Vincent De Villeperdue

Don't be afraid" he whispered against her lips "This life is nothing but one blink of God's eyes. He'll blink again, and we'll be back together — Tiffany Reisz

People find it quite easy to have beliefs and to hold on to them and to let their whole world be a product of their belief system. They also find it quite easy to attack those who disagree. The harder, more courageous thing, which the hero and the heroine, the warrior, and the mystic do, is continually to look one's beliefs straight in the face, honestly and clearly, and then step beyond them. That requires a lot of heart and kindness. It requires being able to touch and know completely, to the core, your own experience, without harshness, without making any judgment. — Pema Chodron

I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters. — Sune Rose Wagner