Kosovo Wa Quotes & Sayings

Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely. — Lucy Larcom

life of a professional spy as one of constant travel and mind-numbing boredom broken by interludes of sheer terror. — Daniel Silva

One should never count the years
one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I'm glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in. — Helen Keller

Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life. — John Bachar

When the Buddha declares there is escape from sorrow, the escape is Nirvana, which is not a place, like heaven, but a psychological state of mind in which you are are released from desire and fear. And your life becomes harmonious, centered and affirmative. Even with suffering.

The Buddhists speak of the bodhisattva - the one who knows immortality, yet voluntarily enters into the field of the fragmentation of time and participates willingly and joyfully in the sorrows of the world. — Joseph Campbell

All those who prefer peace to power, and happiness to glory should thank the colonized people for their civilizing mission. By liberating themselves, they made Europeans more modest, less racist, and more human. Let us hope that the process continues and that the Americans are obliged to follow the same course. When one's own cause is unjust, defeat can be liberating. — Jean Bricmont

['Intelligent Design'] is a theology for control freaks. — Simon Conway Morris

The real world dissolved and I was free to drift in fantasy, living a thousand lives, each one more powerful, more accessible, and more real than my own — Frank Conroy

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without. — Immanuel Kant

You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%. — Harbhajan Singh

What? Were you born stupid, or did you just die that way? — Neal Shusterman

People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and made things happen. — Leonardo Da Vinci

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.' — Sara Shepard

My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet. — Ayrton Senna

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers. — Buddy Rich