Kismat Indian Quotes & Sayings

Those who think that the wisest way to groom a child for spiritual maturity is to isolate him from the evil, corrupted world system or airbrush his childhood environment so much that it exposes only him to the good and never teaches him how to process the bad (or the counterfeit) will set a child up for a life of mediocrity at best and spiritual annihilation at worst. — Tim Kimmel

The moment that we think we know, we've lost our perspective on wisdom. — Diana Butler Bass

Science may not be as intimate as the medical profession; nonetheless, it certainly is a community in which ideas are often shared as contributions, not as proprietary things. — Lewis Hyde

Make the strategy a living thing, which can breathe life into people and the culture. — Pearl Zhu

As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding on my part. When action was needed, I was absorbed in words; for words proceeded with such difficulty from my mouth that I was intent on them and forgot all about action. It seemed to me that actions, which are dazzling, varied things, must always be accompanied by equally dazzling and equally varied words. — Yukio Mishima

The range of the human mind, the scale and depth of the metaphors the mind is capable of manufacturing as it grapples with the universe, stand in stunning contrast to the belief that there is only one reality, which is man's, or worse, that only one culture among the many on earth possesses the truth.
To allow mystery, which is to say to yourself, "There could be more, there could be things we don't understand," is not to damn knowledge. It is to take a wider view. It is to permit yourself an extraordinary freedom: someone else does not have to be wrong in order that you may be right. — Barry Lopez

Wisdom is having things right in your life
and knowing why. — William Stafford

You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime. — Barack Obama

Philosophy will tell you what to say, eloquence will tell you how to say it — Marcus Cornelius Fronto

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage. — Michael Shermer

I am not going to think about the things I am not going to think about. — Nenia Campbell

Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war and peace, maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana. — Barack Obama

I've been to the Titanic in a yellow submarine and the North Pole in a Russian nuclear ice breaker. — Buzz Aldrin

Mallory," he said, sounding raw and staggered and touched beyond words. "God, I was so stupid. So slow. I didn't know what to do with you. I tried to keep my distance but my world doesn't work without you in it."
-Ty to Mallory — Jill Shalvis

If you can't make it good, make it big. — Michael Rowley