Leneru Quotes & Sayings

Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. Matthew 2:2 — Sarah Palin

I am not surprised Cameron says he supports what Gillard is doing in Australia because we have, in the U.K., a totally misconceived climate change plan as well. — Nigel Lawson

This tower was a giant, standing with its back to the plight of the ants. It represented in a degree, to the correspondent, the serenity of nature amid the struggles of the individual
nature in the wind, and nature in the vision of men. She did not seem cruel to him, nor beneficent, nor treacherous, nor wise. But she was indifferent, flatly indifferent. It is, perhaps, plausible that a man in this situation, impressed with the unconcern of the universe, should see the innumerable flaws of his life and have them taste wickedly in his mind and wish for another chance. A distinction between right and wrong seems absurdly clear to him, then, in this new ignorance of the grave-edge, and he understands that if he were given another opportunity he would mend his conduct and his words, and be better and brighter during an introduction, or at a tea. — Stephen Crane

The little girl's sense of secrecy that developed at prepuberty only grows in importance. She closes herself up in fierce solitude: she refuses to reveal to those around her the hidden self that she considers to be her real self and that is in fact an imaginary character: she plays at being a dancer like Tolstoy's Natasha, or a saint like Marie Leneru, or simply the singular wonder that is herself. There is still an enormous difference between this heroine and the objective face that her parents and friends recognise in her. She is also convinced that she is misunderstood: her relationship with herself becomes even more passionate: she becomes intoxicated with her isolation, feels different, superior, exceptional: she promises that the future will take revenge on the mediocrity of her present life. From this narrow and petty existence she escapes by dreams. — Simone De Beauvoir

This piece of groping wisdom impresses me still. A sensible prayer people could offer up from time to time, it seems to me, might go something like this: "Dear Lord - never put me in the charge of a frightened human being." Kenneth — Kurt Vonnegut

The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals. — Plato

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers. — Fulton J. Sheen

To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character — Marie Leneru

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power. — Manuel Puig

You find yourself approaching middle age, playing another scuzzy rock club. — Juliana Hatfield

Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clan's bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much. — Camille Paglia

If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other. — Mother Teresa

I usually am thinking about my next book the second I put the last dot on the previous one that I turn in. — Greg Graffin

The music has generated all the techniques I use. When I sit down to learn to play something ... it is not because I want to master a technique. It is because I want to hear what an idea sounds like. — Pat Martino