Mechanicalsoup Quotes & Sayings

It is interdependence that creates strength, not isolation. — Kambiz Mostofizadeh

How do I transform pain. I guess the number one way in which I do that is by working on music, but also it can be anything from just talking about it with other people or doing kickboxing or meditating or running around with dogs. Or just simply trying to sit with it and be mindful and be aware of it. — Moby

I am so tired of waiting.
Aren't you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in two
and see what worms are eating
at the rind. — Langston Hughes

There has never been anything worth obtaining without grief, or suffering, and disappointment. — Henry Flagler

Man's nature and destiny are revealed in the Scriptures. — Billy Graham

We are free at last to believe in ourselves. — David Malouf

Human relationships were so complicated and always veering in the direction of the irrational. — Michael D. O'Brien

Your child is least interested in what the report card says.
All that matters to him / her is what you say on seeing the report card. — Manoj Arora

At the age of eleven, I began Euclid, with my brother as my tutor ... I had not imagined that there was anything so delicious in the world. After I had learned the fifth proposition, my brother told me that it was generally considered difficult, but I had found no difficulty whatsoever. This was the first time it had dawned on me that I might have some intelligence. — Bertrand Russell

I believe that some of the magic in BDSM comes from this 'true meeting of spirit and body'. — Senta Holland

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. — Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

Each man is the bard of his own existence. This is how he is joined to the world. — Cormac McCarthy

There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. — Rollo May

You can never truly understand or help others, even in your own family, unless you first look thoroughly into your own life and deal with your own sins without compromise, excuses, or evasion (Matthew 7:1-5). — John C. Broger

They say that a shared sorrow draws people closer together; I can hardly believe that it often has that effect when those who share it are of widely different ages. — C.S. Lewis