Kompare Mutu Quotes & Sayings

We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them. — Huston Smith

It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take any notice of his song except his fellow human beings. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. Other men may be in raptures at his skill, but the rest of creation is, by and large, unmoved. Perhaps a cat or a dog may look at him; his horse, if it is an exceptionally intelligent beast, may pause in cropping the grass, but that is the extent of it. But when the fairy sang, the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur; he felt cold mists dance. He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands. In the fairy's song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself. — Susanna Clarke

For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values. — Rachel Sklar

It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have. Why? Because the thoughts and feelings you emit as you feel ungrateful are all negative emotions. — Rhonda Byrne

Every major world religion has identified marriage as between a man and a woman. — Barack Obama

I should've suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive. — Frank Herbert

I put so much of myself out there and make myself so accessible that sometimes I fear I make myself too accessible. — Halsey

Leading well is not about enriching yourself - it's about empowering others — John C. Maxwell

Because there's someone else here in East Carmin. Someone hopelessly unsuitable. It's all a really bad idea and will lead to trouble of the worst sort. But no matter what, every minute in her presence makes my life a minute more complete. — Jasper Fforde