Mbula Tree Quotes & Sayings

The reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks. — John Darnielle

Her tiny and organized handwriting reminded me of the tidiness of her desk, as if she'd wanted to find in words the peace and safety that life hadn't wanted to grant her. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting. — Sun Tzu

Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. — Thomas Carlyle

I was only one woman alone, and had no power to move to action full-fed, sleek- coated, ease-loving, pleasure-seeking, well-paid,and well-placed countrymen in this war- trampled, dead, old land, each one afraid that he should be called upon to do something. — Clara Barton

It, the self, is in fact the only alien in the entire Cosmos.
The modern objective consciousness will go to any length to prove that it is not unique in the Cosmos, and by this very effort establishes its own uniqueness. Name another entity in the Cosmos which tries to prove it is not unique.
The earth-self seeks to understand the Cosmos overtly according to scientific principles while covertly exempting itself from the same understanding. The end of this enterprise is that the self understands the mechanism of the Cosmos but by the same motion places itself outside the Cosmos, an alien, a ghost, outside a vast machinery to which it is denied entry. — Walker Percy

I don't kill flies but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them above globes. They freak out and yell, 'Whoa, I'm way too high!' — Bruce Baum

in my four months of legal cramming I'd learned the law is full of technicalities. Technicalities are what screw up justice. Wilcox — Frank W. Abagnale