Lampinen Steven Quotes & Sayings

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing,
but in finding what is present. — Tara Brach

I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete. — John Culberson

The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff is the deadliest disaster in maritime history, with losses dwarfing the death tolls of the famous ships Titanic and Lusitania. Yet remarkably, most people have never heard of it. On January 30, 1945, four torpedoes waited in the belly of Soviet submarine S-13. Each — Ruta Sepetys

But the greatness of it lies just in the fact that it is a mystery--that the passing earthly show and the eternal verity are brought together in it. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments. — Timothy Keller

Men and women of western Sydney, it's appropriate, you apparently believe, that Australia's oldest surviving Prime Minister should make the concluding remarks in Australia's oldest surviving Government House. I hope the building's foundations are a bit more substantial than mine. — Gough Whitlam

How can one deduce the cause of "Hamlet" or "Saint Matthew's Passion"? What is the cause of inspiration? — William F. Buckley Jr.

Exactly halfway between exegesis and practical theology stands dogmatics, — Karl Barth

Today we have made a fetish of choice; but a chosen death is forbidden. Perhaps what distinguishes humans from other animals is that humans have learnt to cling more abjectly to life. — John N. Gray

Every time you have a desire come true, some part of you realizes it did not have to live in limitation. — Deepak Chopra

My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things. — Hannah Simone

And here's a cliche' that's earned its status as a cliche': whether you're free or locked up depends, all and only, on what you want. What you have matters about as much as the color of your sky. Or your bars. — David Foster Wallace

The problem with a beautiful woman is that she makes everyone around her feel hopelessly masculine, which if you're already male to begin with poses no particular problem. But if you're anyone else, your whole sexual identity gets dragged into the principal's office: "So what's this I hear about you prancing around, masquerading as a woman?" You are answerless. You are sitting on your hands. You are praying for your breasts to grow, your hair to perk up. — Lorrie Moore