Niyang River Quotes & Sayings

You have a generation that is saying we are tapping out of religion in many ways. But what they are not saying is that we are tapping out of a serious search for meaning in life. — Erwin McManus

According to his habit, Theodore Roosevelt sought to harness anxiety through action. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

Hypocrisy, double standards, and "but nots" are the price of universalist pretensions. Democracy is promoted, but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists to power; nonproliferation is preached for Iran and Iraq, but not for Israel; free trade is the elixir of economic growth, but not for agriculture; human rights are an issue for China, but not with Saudi Arabia; aggression against oil-owning Kuwaitis is massively repulsed, but not against non-oil-owning Bosnians. Double standards in practice are the unavoidable price of universal standards of principle. — Samuel P. Huntington

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus. — Swami Vivekananda

I don't "need" the rush to be happy. I'd be perfectly happy without the attention and action. — Guy Kawasaki

Rumors often reflect the wishes of others. — Anne Mallory

Artists are people who are subject to irrational convictions of the sacred. Baudelaire said that an artist is a child who has acquired adult capacities and discipline. Art education should help build those capacities and that discipline without messing over the child. — Peter Schjeldahl

Getting a full-body buzz with a guy I'd just met was as weird as seeing dead people. But much more enjoyable. — Myra McEntire

I dwell no more in Arcady, But when the sky is blue with May, And birds are blithe and winds are free, I know what message is for me, For I have been in Arcady. — Louise Chandler Moulton

One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name. — Albert Einstein

Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted,but whose effects no one takes the trouble to calculate. — Henry David Thoreau