Helekia Quotes & Sayings

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy. — Bertrand Russell

When, therefore, you see anyone eminent in honors, or power, or in high esteem on any other account, take heed not to be hurried away with the appearance, and to pronounce him happy; for, if the essence of good consists in things in our own control, there will be no room for envy or emulation. But, for your part, don't wish to be a general, or a senator, or a consul, but to be free; — Epictetus

All my experiments in Ahimsa have taught me that nonviolence in practice means common labour with the body. — Mahatma Gandhi

Is there an aphrodisiac more powerful than forbidden fruit hanging just out of reach? — Lynn Cullen

Prayer is, paradoxically, both a gift and a conquest, a grace and a duty. Does that not mean, is it not a special case of the truth, that all duty is a gift, every call on us a blessing, and that the task we often find a burden is really a boon? — Peter Forsyth

You belong to society, you give to society. — Elizabeth Strout

Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth — Todd Wagner

There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me. — Tupac Shakur

The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans. — Ray Nagin

My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night. — Tatiana Maslany

When the Negro cries with pain from his deep hurt and lays his petition for elemental justice before the nation, he is calling upon the American people to kindle about that crucible of race relationships the fires of American faith. — Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

The freedom I give myself for the business is in deciding to take part in the Paris collections, but also having other retail strategies that are unlike anybody else's. Not necessarily going into malls, doing the business my own way - having different brands to cover different concepts, to be able to have the cash flow to carry on. — Rei Kawakubo

My whole life seemed to spill out into the river, swirling away from me, everything I had ever been or ever wanted to be. — Tim O'Brien