Growden Quotes & Sayings

I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship between mind and body, and between mind and brain. — Iain McGilchrist

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much. — Noam Chomsky

I can't believe you gave me a bag of dirt and then broke up with me! — Lauren R. Weinstein

Happiness is your True Nature.
Within you is Unimaginable Beauty.
Your True Self is Bright and Shining this Moment.
Through the clear Realization of the Truth,
your Real Self will come shining through. — Robert Adams

Under loves heavy burden do I sink.
--Romeo — William Shakespeare

We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, wesimplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ.'
DONALD S. WHITNEY — Cynthia Heald

It would be so simple to let go.
It would be so much easier to let go.
So much less painful. — Erin Morgenstern

In Kazakhstan, once you're someone's guest, it's really hard to get away - everyone wants you to stay. They believe that if you invite a guest, luck will fly into your house. — Tim Cope

The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear to betray some hidden intelligence which by a preconceived plan produces the impression of intentional design, a phenomenon which finds its close analogue in nature. — Paul Carus

Me, I'm still a rascal. Inside, I am still the kid I was. He guides me everyday. — Tom Kaulitz

While the Roman Empire was overrun by waves not only of Ostrogoths, Vizigoths and even Goths, but also of Vandals (who destroyed works of art) and Huns (who destroyed everything and everybody, including Goths, Ostrogoths, Vizigoths and even Vandals), Britain was attacked by waves of Picts (and, of course, Scots) who had recently learnt how to climb the wall, and of Angles, Saxons and Jutes who, landing at Thanet, soon overran the country with fire (and, of course, the sword). — W.C. Sellar

The nazis slaughtered millions because they dehumanized their victims ... but when it comes to dehumanizing victims the most useful and most widely used tool throughout history is, of course, religion. — David Alan Harvey

In journeys, as in life, it is a great deal easier to go down hill than up — Charles Dickens