Illumined Pleasures Quotes & Sayings

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. — Thomas A Kempis

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. — Langston Hughes

For a large majority of youth raised in church, the church has become irrelevant to their goals and pursuits in life — Sunday Adelaja

I think we pursue positive relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness. — Martin Seligman

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business. — Juan Pablo Montoya

Bad things happen to everyone, but when they do, you can't just fall apart and die. You have to fight back. — Alexandra Monir

I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that. — Jimmy Carl Black

I have a bag with a toothbrush and toothpaste and all the things I might need during the day. I call the bag my trailer. Sometimes you don't have a trailer, so that's my trailer. — Laura Linney

The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all. — Piers Anthony

Peace of Mind? Don't leave home (or go home) without it. — Bill Crawford

I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse. — Jim Butcher

It is a valuable lesson that should often be reinforced - that many who are faced with impending death, a disease that will likely take them in a year's time, for example, quite often insist that their affliction is the best thing that ever happened to them. It takes the immediacy of mortality to remind them to watch the sunrise and the sunset, to note the solitary flower among the rocks, to appreciate those loved ones around them, to taste their food, and revel in the feel of a cool breeze. — R.A. Salvatore

Give yourself a break. Stop beating yourself up! Everyone makes mistakes, has setbacks and failures. You don't come with a book on how to get it right all the time. You will fail sometimes, not because you planned to, but simply because you're human. Failure is a part of creating a great life. Stand up to it and handle it with grace. Because, you can. — Les Brown