Lessened Taste Quotes & Sayings

To accept what is bitter; acceptance must not be allowed to project itself on to the bitterness and lessen it; otherwise the force and purity of the acceptance are proportionally lessened. For the object of the acceptance is to taste what is bitter, as such, and not anything else. (St. Thomas on the suffering of Christ.) - To say like Ivan Karamazov: nothing can possibly make up for a single tear from a single child. And yet to accept all tears, and the countless horrors which lie beyond tears. To accept these things not simply in so far as they may admit of compensations, but in themselves. To accept that they should exist, simply because they do exist.
To accept that event because it exists, and by this acceptance to love God through and beyond it. To accept that it should exist, because it does exist, what exactly does this mean? Is it not simply to recognize that it is?
When one loves God through and beyond evil as such, it is indeed God whom one loves. — Simone Weil

I know I'm not going to be able to change the world, but I think it's important to try to make a difference — Nicholas Sparks

A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time. — Mason Cooley

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions. — Robert Hormats

How much do you work out?"
"I don't," he said. "It's genetic." Which it was. Puberty had brought him many things unbidden, including height and weight and an extreme mesomorph physique, with a six-pack like a cobbled city street, and a chest like a suit of NFL armor, and biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue. He had never messed with any of it. No diets. No weights. No gym time. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, was his attitude. — Lee Child

The moment we give into temptation, Satan immediately changes his strategy and becomes the accuser. Thomas Brooks — Thomas Brooks

Youre tale anoyeth al this compaignye.
Swich talkyng is nat worth a boterflye, — Geoffrey Chaucer

I am a man of lost faiths. — Glen Duncan

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble. — Howard Baker

Seungri, are you listening? I love you. — G-Dragon

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that. — Arpad Busson

Murdered. Michael had left a trail of bodies — Danielle Steel

Literature and film in my opinion are like saloons where bottles have no labels. I want to taste each one myself and figure out which is what. If I'm denied this by labelling, then my entertainment is considerably lessened. — Saadat Hasan Manto