Hermetique Quotes & Sayings

I'm sorry," he said."I thought the blankets would be enough." He paused. "It's rather enjoyable listening to the wind blow in. That is why I didn't choose to close the windows."
Cat smiled in spite of the cold. She knew what he meant. Whenever northers blew in, the trees rattled outside bedroom window and for some reason the sound always comforted her. It reminded her of Christmas. — Cassandra Rose Clarke

You two had something that had to be kept on ice, yes, incorruptible, yes!
and death was the only icebox where you could keep it ... — Tennessee Williams

Does it make sense to lose out on love because you're trying to protect yourself from something that might never happen? It's called risk, and you can't have a full life without it. — Tonya Lampley

The being level speaks the language of art, music, color shape and pattern directly
a language that requires no words
is not limited by words
nor does it have the specificity of words and thus cannot be broken onto parts that can be manipulated or analyzed by the intellect. It must be swallowed, whole not parsed, sorted and justified. — Thomas Campbell

When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all. — Ludwig Quidde

Black success stories lend credence to the notion that anyone, no matter how poor or how black you may be, can make it to the top, if only you try hard enough. These stories "prove" that race is no longer relevant. Whereas black success stories undermined the logic of Jim Crow, they actually reinforce the system of mass incarceration. Mass incarceration depends for its legitimacy on the widespread belief that all those who appear trapped at the bottom actually chose their fate. — Michelle Alexander

We do not start as dust.
We do not end as dust.
We make more than dust.
That's all we ask of you.
Make more than dust — David Levithan

Emotion brings in the dimension of bonding or tuning in: An experience that touches your heart makes the meaning that much more personal. — Deepak Chopra

Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satan's disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adam's lapse was passion. — Sufyan Al-Thawri

Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment. — Stephen Sondheim

The number of nuclear bombs on the planet today - the sheer quantity of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of people and governments throughout the world - along with the fact that the use of brute force and militarism is an almost knee-jerk way of problem-solving on the planet today, makes the eradication of war the great moral issue of this generation. — Marianne Williamson