Giai Tieng Quotes & Sayings

Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it. — Tariq Ramadan

Paths clear before those who know where they're going and are determined to get there. — Leonard Roy Frank

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold. — Alice Hoffman

The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it. — Joseph Addison

If we can model the ability to embody nonfear and nonattachment, it is more precious than any money or material wealth. Fear spoils our lives and makes us miserable. We cling to objects and people, like a drowning person clings to any object that floats by. By practicing nonattachment and sharing this wisdom with others, we give the gift of nonfear. Everything is impermanent. This moment passes. The object of our craving walks away, but we can know happiness is always possible. Intoxicants — Thich Nhat Hanh

For all its apparent tolerance, the USA maintains a peculiar balance between the forces of capitalism and democracy. To achieve this I feel sure the country is guided by some hidden force; an organization working in secrecy, powerful enough to dispose of the Kennedys and of anyone else who gets in its way. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

It's hard to go underground when you weigh 400 pounds, Marcus. That's why they'll have to bury you in a piano case. — Jem Fox

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor. — Man Ray

I'm pretty sure all the individuals trying to control other people's happiness have none in their own lives. — Sarah Liss

We are here, and then we are gone, and it's not about the time we're, but what we do with that time. — Rick Yancey

Open a book this minute and start reading. Don't move until you've reached page fifty. Until you've buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. — Carol Shields

As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frog in jest. But the frogs die in earnest. — Joanna Russ