Midsummers Day Quotes & Sayings

I knew that these people were not idiots, so the only thing I could attribute their insane response to was a profound lack of courage and intellectual integrity. — Patrick Lencioni

Your mind is merely a servant, and it behaves well if it is given positive impulses; it behaves very poorly if it is given negative impulses. The mind assumes that it understands whatever it controls. This is the central problem in a mind-dominated world. Substituting control for understanding will only deplete your life, leaving it stripped of richness, power, and meaning. The answers to healing your life will be found in the inner strength of your heart. — Glenda Green

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away... — Socrates

To heal, you have to give yourself to the pain. You cannot avoid facing yourself your whole life. — Bryant McGill

I resolved from the beginning of my quest that I would not be misled by sentiment and desire into beliefs for which there was no good evidence. — Bertrand Russell

It is better to die as a patriot than to live having abandoned one's country. — Frederick Arthur Mckenzie

I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. — Amelia Earhart

When you're writing, it's all up to you, and you don't have to make any compromises. And when you're directing, there's this intense pleasure you get from working with all these really talented people, and pooling the efforts towards a common goal. I like all the aspects of film-making. — Henry Selick

All bad jazz sounds like Woody Woodpecker. — Leo Kottke

Repentance can become a very, very deep phenomenon in you if you understand the responsibility. Then even a small thing, if it becomes a repentance
not just verbal, not just on the surface; if it goes deep to the roots, if you repent from the roots; if your whole being shakes and trembles and cries, and tears come out; not only out of your eyes but out of every cell of your body, then repentance can become a transfiguration. — Osho

So, you told them you'd do it."
"I did. Do you think that's dumb?"
"I think it's dangerous," he said, turning me to face him. "I think you're crazy. But dangerous and crazy are two of the things I love most about you. So, no. Not dumb. Although I am disappointed that your condition for taking the job was reopening Hex Hall and not, I don't know, a Caribbean vacation with your boyfriend."
He lowered his head to kiss me, and Jenna cleared her throat. "Um, hello? Pretty sure vampire sidekick should get some kind of perk, too."
Archer nudged Jenna's shoulder. "Tell you what, when we get back from the Caribbean, she can take you to Transylvania or something. How does that sound? — Rachel Hawkins

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. — Jeff Bezos

If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat — Dennis Prager

I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever. — Darren Shan