Kokubun Ji Quotes & Sayings

You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing. — Alice Munro

How do you find the divine power in yourself? The word enthusiasm means 'filled with a god,' so what makes you enthusiastic? Follow it. So I have a little word: follow your bliss. The bliss is the message of God to yourself. That's where your life is. — Joseph Campbell

One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are. — Miguel De Cervantes

A good runner leaves no footprints. — Laozi

When I think of my version of a role model, it's not about being the perfect Samaritan; it's just being out there and being honest and happily imperfect. — Zoe Kravitz

Well I think everything up to this point that I've been exposed to in my life has had an influence on me in some way, shape, or form even if I'm not conscious of it. So I definitely think that my studies in wu-shu, kung-fu, karate, kenpo, taikwando, all of that stuff certainly has an affect. I don't think I follow any discipline traditionally. — Criss Angel

The concern and love I saw in her features pierced my heart, and like that, the anger went out of me. — Richelle Mead

No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that's when God will step in and do what you can't do. — Joel Osteen

Politicians are not afraid of their mistakes, they are afraid their mistakes will not succeed — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Luftmensch - the impractical individual whose imagination has lifted him beyond the world. — Stephen Eric Bronner

You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past? — James Patterson

Among the many values that art can offer, the subtlest one - and, perhaps, the most inspiring - is the sight of talent, talent as such, the spectacle of human ability actualizing its best potential. In the presence of a great achievement, you feel as if you were seeing two art works: one is the object before you, the other is the artist who made himself capable of creating it. — Ayn Rand