Lamaism Quotes & Sayings

They have their belief, these poor Tibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some belief in a kind of pope! At bottom still better, a belief that there is a Greatest Man; that he is discoverable; that, once discovered, we ought to treat him with an obedience which knows no bounds. This is the truth of Grand Lamaism; the "discoverability" is the only error here. — Thomas Carlyle

Your worst day with God is still better than your best day without Him. — Joyce Meyer

The Fall is where the nation is. The Fall is the locus of America. — William Stringfellow

EVE: I have work to do.
ROARKE: I know but it can wait. I have something to show you.
EVE: In the bedroom? She looks Roarke up and down. I've seen it. It's nice I might take time to play with it later.
ROARKE: You're to good to me. — J.D. Robb

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. — Henry Ford

Our idealists must own that their velleity to abolish all suffering is most fully expressed in the Fifth Wisdom of Lamaism, the doctrine that teaches that "no durable happiness, nor yet security, for any sentient being can exist while others are a prey to suffering." That truth cannot be questioned and you may take it to heart: in practical terms it means we got ourselves born on the wrong planet
in the wrong universe. — Revilo P. Oliver

They did is sent me down Clearwater, Florida, and they said to me, Jessica, I need you to make Jim Bakker feel better. — Jessica Hahn

Our rule is the works of mercy ... It is the way of sacrifice, worship, a sense of reverence. — Dorothy Day

He still was not happy, she never had been. What caused this inadequacy in her life? Why did everything she leaned on instantaneously decay?.. — Gustave Flaubert

Complain about the way other people make software by making software. — Austin Kleon

He fulfilled the bipolar checklist. See? And so they gave him some pretty heavy-duty medication. It slowed him way down, to a drooling fat kid. And they declared the meds a success." It — Jon Ronson

From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique. — Michael Keaton

The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life. — Heather Choate Davis

What is life, but the gentle effacement of a tree shedding its leaves? — Christian Harrison

An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology — Jodi Picoult