Injunctive Quotes & Sayings

My degrees are in anthropology, and I have friends who have worked with apes. — Gregory Keyes

Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade. — K. Hari Kumar

To tap into that natural creative spirit, recapture your childlike enthusiasm for everything around you. Work with the reckless delight of a child. — Nita Leland

Healing ourselves on the spiritual level involves developing a strong connection with our soul. We heal ourselves on the mental level as we become aware of our core beliefs, release those that limit us, and open to more supportive ideas and greater understanding. Emotional healing takes place as we learn to accept and experience the full range of our feelings. And we heal ourselves on the physical level when we learn to honor and care for our bodies, and for the physical world around us. — Shakti Gawain

Why books?"
Her brows rose. "I beg your pardon?"
"Why are they your vice?"
She set her plate down and wiped her hand on her skirts before reaching for the top volume on a stack of small, leather bound books nearby and extending it to him. "Go on."
He took it. "Now what?"
"Smell it." He tilted his head. She couldn't help but smile. "Do it."
He lifted it to his nose. Inhaled.
"Not like that," she said. "Really give it a smell."
He raised one brow but did as he was told.
"What do you smell?" Sophie asked.
"Leather and ink?"
She shook her head. "Happiness. That's what books smells like. Happiness. That's why I always wanted to have a book shop. What better life than to trade in happiness? — Sarah MacLean

Is there any other job that beats being an astronaut? Who didn't want to be an astronaut? That is my question. — Luca Parmitano

By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself. — John Piper

There is that elementary principle of organization in any art that nothing gets in anything else's way, and everything is at its own limit of possibilities. — Fairfield Porter

Con men and tricksters run the world. Rascals rule. And do you know why?
because they are hungier than we are. because they know what they want. because they believe in life more than we do. — Paul Auster

I'm going to name drop like an idiot now, but Bono rang me up once, right? I don't know how he got my number, but I, ever so stupidly, and obviously thought it was one of my mates mocking about. So I was like, "Yeah, whatever." And it was him, but I even went to him, "That's not even a good Irish accent!" — Noel Fielding

Mike and I both stared at Edward with our mouths hanging open. — Stephenie Meyer

To see the best before I have properly begun would be somewhat premature. — Kazuo Ishiguro

There's no point in fighting the tide. It ebbs. It flows. You ride it. — Karen Marie Moning