Khodiyar Quotes & Sayings

Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the body to reach the level of cooperation with the soul. When we fast, our intention is not to torture the body but to shun its behaviour. Thus, one who fasts becomes a spiritual and not a physical person. Fasting is an ascetic soul which takes the body with it as its partner in asceticism. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

Write without pay until someone offers pay. If nobody offers within three years, the candidate may look upon this as a sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for. — Mark Twain

In New Zealand I think we often take ourselves too seriously, and being able to laugh at yourself is necessary in life without being too precious. — Murray Mexted

Internal differences within the Nation of Islam forced me out of it. I did not leave of my own free will. But now that it has happened, I intend to make the most of it. Now that I have more independence of action, I intend to use a more flexible approach toward working with others to get a solution to this problem. — Malcolm X

It wasn't that it had been too long without a girl. It was that it'd been a lifetime without the right one. — Rachel Van Dyken

Honour is
Virtue's allowed ascent: honour that clasps
All perfect justice in her arms; that craves
No more respect than that she gives; that does
Nothing but what she'll suffer. — Philip Massinger

Mortui vivis docent - the dead teach the living. — Lars Kepler

The cat is a dilettante in fur. — Theophile Gautier

The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world. — Sherrod Brown

Love what is simple and beautiful.
These are the essentials. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can try to steer your life in a certain direction all you want, but ultimately, the wind is in charge of your sail. — Claire Contreras