Mammeri Ali Quotes & Sayings

It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself by imagining such a source to be some God outside you. One's source is within oneself. Give yourself up to it. That means that you should seek the source and merge in it. — Ramana Maharshi

Thus the engine of self-pity began to turn. — Ian McEwan

I'm not saying I'm smarter than Steve Jobs was, but I would have made the iPhone charger cord twice as long. — Daniel Tosh

No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different. — Helen Wills Moody

Constantly he went back over the evidence of his memories. — Julian Barnes

Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference. — Penn Jillette

Every successful person I know starts before they feel ready. — Marie Forleo

There's nobody taking center from me until I give it up. — Joe DiMaggio

Every person, every place and every action is qualified by this association with the unconditional; it penetrates every moment of daily life and sanctifies it: "The Universe is God's sanctuary. Every work day is a day of the Lord, every supper is a Lord's supper, every work a fulfillment of the divine task, every joy a joy in God. In all preliminary concerns, ultimate concern is present, consecrating them." — Paul Tillich

U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs. — John Lydon

Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it. — Bertrand Russell

Canada and Russia and Greenland will stake new claims in once-frozen waters. — Lidia Yuknavitch

Both what you run from-
and what you yearn for -
are within you. — Anthony De Mello