Massetti Quotes & Sayings

The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true saint" goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment. — Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr

That surge of power and delight, of confidence, of control. That sudden sense of the richness of the world. Its infinite possibility. — Donna Tartt

Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it. — Dan Savage

A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for was as swift a death as the one Massetti had so thanklessly received. — Victoria Lamb

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. — Alexander Smith

What we believe is constantly reinforced by people who believe the same thing. — Jon Ronson

There are only two ways: either we love-and love in action is service - or we put hatred into action and destroy. — Mother Teresa