Holymen Quotes & Sayings

I was a kid who was really unhappy with being bussed. I was one of the angry people in the halls. — Rob Reiner

That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice. — Smokey Robinson

Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt. — Aruna Roy

There is no new beginning. No second chance.
You turned to me and I wasn't there.
You are dead. If I had taken your call, you would be alive.
It's as blunt as that.
I'm sorry. — Rosamund Lupton

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat ... the food of the wise is that which is consumed by the sadhus [holymen]; it does not consist of meat ... There may be some foolish people in the future who will say that I permitted meat-eating and that I partook of meat myself, but ... meat-eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, I will not permit meat-eating in any form, in any manner and in any place; it is unconditionally prohibited for all. — Gautama Buddha

[At a musical concert:] ... the music's pure algebra of enchantment. — Conrad Aiken

As you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. — Eckhart Tolle

There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia," said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing. — Erica Lindquist

People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern. — Laozi

To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough. — Ignazio Silone

All God asks of you is good will. From the top of the ladder He looks lovingly upon you, and soon, touched by your fruitless efforts, He will Himself come down, and, taking you in His Arms, will carry you to His Kingdom never again to leave Him. But should you cease to raise your foot, you will be left for long on the earth. — Therese De Lisieux

Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss. — Orson Scott Card

Dessert is to a meal what a dress is to a woman. — Beatrice Peltre

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know. — David Byrne

This twenty-year-old boy was distinguished from childhood by strange qualities, a dreamer and an eccentric. A girl fell in love with him, and he went and sold her to a brothel ... — Mikhail Bulgakov