Liedertafel Harmonie Quotes & Sayings

Before many black singers were still labouring under that problem of God; it was often 'God will save us'. But right through the blacks were singing directly and immediately about their pain and also about sex, which is why I like it. — John Lennon

He kept his tippet stuffed with pins for curls, And pocket-knives, to give to pretty girls. — Geoffrey Chaucer

The world yearns. This is its sure gravity: the attraction of bodies. Earth for molten star. Moon for earth. A hand for the orb of a breast. This is its movement too: the motion of desire, of a longing toward. — Alison MacLeod

It makes a tremendous emotional and practical difference to one whether one accepts the universe in the drab discolored way of stoic resignation to necessity, or with the passionate happiness of Christian saints. — William James

Was it someone else? Was it not you yourself? — Ken Wilber

There is no light for those who do not know darkness. — Takehiko Inoue

I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others. — Vincent De Paul

If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford. — Eloisa James