Ministero Degli Quotes & Sayings

To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man. — Matthew Arnold

Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal is negative rather than positive; passive rather than action; innocence rather than Nobleness; Abstinence from Evil, rather than energetic Pursuit of Good: in its precepts (as has been well said) 'thou shalt not' predominates unduly over 'thou shalt. — John Stuart Mill

He cried, almost entire night. He cried alone in his small shed. That was only game that he could play without needing another person to participate. — Kambiz Shabankareh

Behind every strong man is a scared little boy wanting people to tell him it's going to be okay. Remember that, and men will no longer seem as stupid as you think they are. — Anonymous

My music is best understood by children and animals. — Igor Stravinsky

My sole occupation is love. — John Of The Cross

Listeria, wisteria. Ha. Funny words. She — Liane Moriarty

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it. — Shane Filan

They all want to be happy. They all think they should be happy. And they're quick to trot out their most cherished document and point to where they were promised "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." But you'll find that though they all parrot that little phrase, they think none too hard about that word "pursuit". To follow, to chase, to inquire, to hunt, to seek. To track in order to overtake and capture. This they don't do. Instead, having been offered a promise of happiness, they progress to a feeling of entitlement for happiness, then make the leap that happiness should, therefore, be easily won, automatic. There's too much wrong in there to even scratch at that! — Geoffrey Wood