Madhavikutty Quotes & Sayings

My name is August, by the way. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. — R.J. Palacio

What did it profit that I read the greatest human ideas of the so-called "liberal arts" in the books I got hold of. My thinking was enslaved to corrupt desires, so what difference did it make that I could read and understand these books? I delighted in learning, but I had no divine context for what my mind picked up. I had no foundation to discern what is true or certain. I was standing with my back to the light, so that the things that should be illuminated were in shadow, even though they were in front of my face. — Augustine Of Hippo

When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings. — Joan Anderson

In the Judaeo-Christian tradition all this is well known, and incorporated into the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church as well as the rituals and liturgy of Yom Kippur. — Roger Scruton

For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, and the realm that makes their lives possible literally melts away. — Sylvia Earle

We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time. — Anne Lamott

Mental Note #683
Tits don't make the lady; the same rule applies to trannys. — Scott Parker

Life is a video game. No matter how good you get, you are always zapped in the end. — John Updike