Jiannina Castro Quotes & Sayings

The koans in the Blue Cliff Record do their best to introduce people to their true natures. One of them (number 27 out of 100) quotes a monk asking the master Yun Men, "How is it when the tree withers and the leaves fall?" There are many ways to interpret the question, of course. — Mark Epstein

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. — William Dean Howells

When you're worried about something,' said Henry abruptly, 'have you ever tried thinking in a different language? — Donna Tartt

These mercenaries and hirelings kidnapped civilians in the Al-Faw Peninsula so that they might claim that they captured Iraqi soldiers. — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness. — Jacqueline Carey

Time is no river. Not here. In this tomb, time is the stone. It is the darkness, permanent and unyielding, its only measure the twin pendulums of life - breath and the beating of my heart. In. — Pierce Brown

He might make it, even if all I really did was hit him in the head with an axe. — Richard Hooker

I think forever is an incorrect concept," I answered.
He smirked. "You're an incorrect concept."
"I know. That's why I'm being taken out of the rotation". — John Green

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home. — Smokey Robinson

I truly don't believe in regret. — Bethenny Frankel

When my time comes, promise me that you'll keep on dancing, Sandra demanded. — Melody Anne

I write my songs usually while I'm walking around. Or in a car. Or in a bus, a plane, something like that. I jot down lyrics wherever I am. Usually it's on a vomit bag on an airplane or something. I just look for a pen. — Joshua Radin

Are you disappointed with society? If you are,
I challenge you to take the first step. I challenge you to look at yourself. — Billy Graham

The blind pursuit of learning leads to excessive desires - the more you see, the more you want. Excessive desires, in turn, lead to anxiety and misery. — Derek Lin

Children teach you that you can still be humbled by life, that you learn something new all the time. That's the secret to life, really: never stop learning. It's the secret to career. I'm still working because I learn something new all the time. It's the secret to relationships. Never think you've got it all. — Clint Eastwood