Mikolai Vince Quotes & Sayings

On the geological time scale, a human lifetime is reduced to a brevity that is too inhibiting to think about deep time ... Geologists ... see the unbelievable swiftness with which one evolving species on the Earth has learned to reach into the dirt of some tropical island and fling 747s across the sky ... Seeing a race unaware of its own instantaneousness in time, they can reel off all the species that have come and gone, with emphasis on those that have specialized themselves to death. — John McPhee

The spiritual quality of earth: eternally pregnant and containing in its fertility the unwritten cipher of cosmic lore. — Lady Frieda Harris

Everything in this world exists to wear you down. — Tite Kubo

Find time for a private conversation with your creator so that you can ask Him about the purpose of your existence — Sunday Adelaja

Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing. — Leo Buscaglia

Oh, Daddy, do 'splain yourself you are not 'splaining yourself at all. — H.E. Marshall

Love is needed to strengthen the weak; love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever. — Mahatma Gandhi

While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme. — Damon Galgut

As a result, much of what Luke has to say on the matter of gender lies hidden under layers of interpretation that we have received from earlier generations. It is therefore urgent, for the good of the church, that we continue unearthing what has been hidden. In this task, the many women who today are devoted to the careful study of the biblical text are making an important contribution. — Justo L. Gonzalez

A poor childhood in West Virginia had left Maura with a strong sense of self-reliance, a high tolerance for discomfort, and a black sense of humor. — Maggie Stiefvater

Everything that happened to you is a page that's been turned and is done with. — Alaa Al Aswany

What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this love in their students, and an ability to convince them that what they are being taught is deadly serious — Joseph Epstein