Gouffre Mirolda Quotes & Sayings

All of us must do our best to live gracefully in the present moment. I now see depression as akin to being tied to a chair with restraints on my wrists. It took me a long time to realize that I only magnify my distress by struggling for freedom. My pain diminished when I gave up trying to escape completely from it. However, don't interpret my current approach to depression as utterly fatalistic. I do whatever I can to dull depression's pain, while premising my life on its continuing presence. The theologian and philosopher Thomas Moore puts it well with his distinction between cure and care. While cure implies the eradication of trouble, care "appreciates the mystery of human suffering and does not offer the illusion of a problem-free life. — David A. Karp

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry? — Donald Miller

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley. — Budd Schulberg

The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about Scotland's deficit: it was not created in an independent Scotland; it was created on Westminster's watch. — Nicola Sturgeon

If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well. — Haruki Murakami

The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world. — Elliot W. Eisner

The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character. — J.I. Packer

The best thing about being immensely wealthy is not having to be in any particular place at any particular time doing a particular task you don't want to do. — Felix Dennis

Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that. — Sam Taylor-Johnson

My parents were very relaxed about music. — Agnes Obel