Jyouraku Quotes & Sayings

You have a face that suits a woman
For her soul's screen
The sort of beauty that's called human
In hell, Faustine. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

Looking back on it now, I'd say one's thirties are a cruel age. At this point, I think of them as a time I whiled away unaware of the tide that can suddenly pull you out, beyond the shallows, into the sea of hardship, and even death. — Takashi Hiraide

All but a prophetic few must go about God's work in very quiet, very unspectacular ways. And as you labor to know Him, and to know that He knows you; as you invest your time
and your convenience
in quiet, unassuming service, you will indeed find that "He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up" (Matthew 4:6). — Jeffrey R. Holland

Twisted my lips at the thought. "This is a new beginning for us, isn't it?" He leaned forward to brush my nose with his. "No. This is better than a beginning. This is what happens next. — Laurelin Paige

One who trusts God at all costs will be rewarded at all costs. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there. — Gary Oldman

It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible attitude towards society and life as generally known can usually absorb Sufi teachings very well indeed — Idries Shah

No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low. — Virginia Woolf

Good questions are to be appreciated, not answered. — Raheel Farooq

We haven't really - it's harder for us to set those rhythms. So it's really important to keep a steady bedtime and wake time to really lock in those rhythms. — Shelby Harris

Purpose is what gives life a meaning. — Charles Henry Parkhurst

Did you think you could have the good without the evil? Did you think you could have the joy without the sorrow? ... I have been thinking much about pain. How could I help it? ... Sooner or later, regardless of the wit of man, we have pain to face; a reality; a final inescapable, immutable fact of life. What poor souls, if we have then no philosophy to face it with! This pain will not last; it never has lasted. I'll think about what I am going to write tomorrow-not about me, not about my body. — Ray Stannard Baker

Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life crisis. You can sell a lot of junk to a lot of people by inventing a stage of life and giving it a name. — Jill Lepore