Moulay Ismail Quotes & Sayings

The tea ritual: such a precise repetition of the same gestures and the same tastes; accession to simple, authentic and refined sensations, a license given to all, at little cost, to become aristocrats of taste, because tea is the beverage of the wealthy and the poor; the tea ritual, therefore, has the extraordinary virtue of introducing into the absurdity of our lives an aperture of serene harmony. Yes, the world may aspire to vacuousness, lost souls mourn beauty, insignificance surrounds us. Then let us drink a cup of tea. Silence descends, one hears the wind outside, autumn leaves rustle and take flight, the cat sleeps in a warm pool of light. And, with each swallow, time is sublimed. — Muriel Barbery

To say ... that Laetrile should not be continued to be used by those who are suffering from terminal cancer, I would have to hang my head in shame. — Luther L. Bohanon

It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works. — William Osler

We must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a World Government, patterned after our Own Government with a legislature, executive and judiciary and police. — Walter Cronkite

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you. — Bryant McGill

Anything,
compared to the people,
is a foundation worth
searching for.
anything. — Charles Bukowski

The juice was delicious, with the fresh bite and lingering umami of freshly squeezed oranges. — Chloe Neill

What is life, except an ongoing instinct for survival? Nature uses that instinct to make us perform; otherwise we would all relax, and the species would disappear. Nature is a cruel green mother. The survival instinct is a goad, not a privilege. — Piers Anthony

It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements. — Susan Sarandon