Mojiborer Quotes & Sayings

A badly written novel can always be shortened to a poem. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

Violence should not always beget more violence. — Gabrielle Zevin

The philosopher's school, ye men, is a surgery: you ought not to go out of it with pleasure, but with pain. For you are not in sound health when you enter. — Epictetus

As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow ... may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes." — Mary Anne Radmacher

The books I like...contain things to ponder, ignore, memorize, and laugh and wonder at. — Seymour Chwast

When you believe in your way, enlightenment is there. But when you cannot believe in the meaning of the practice which you are doing in this moment, you cannot do anything. You are just wandering around the goal with your monkey mind. You are always looking for something without knowing what you are doing. If you want to see something, you should open your eyes. When you do not understand Bodhidharma's Zen, you are trying to look at something with your eyes closed. We do not slight the idea of attaining enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to make our effort in this moment. This is the most important thing for our practice. — Shunryu Suzuki

The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel. — Wynton Marsalis

Nevertheless I would be a hypocrite not to anticipate that the good intentions I brought to The Prince will also be the root of some other man's evil, if only because the way to the house of the Devil is the same for the good man and the bad - and the journey just as necessary for them both. The times change, but the nature of men does not. — Michael Ennis

That which is inherent in man is his virtue. — Mahatma Gandhi

I wanted life that's comfortable enough for me, my ambitions and love. — Fernando Lachica