Normudal Quotes & Sayings

When everything is so tranquil in nature, any need for anything disappears in the infinity of calmness. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The blasphemy of the papists is damnable, when they pretend that the light of Scripture merely dazzles the eye. This — John Calvin

The opposite of love is fear, not hate. — Yoko Ono

Ours are the only farmers who can read Homer — Thomas Jefferson

Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss. — B.F. Skinner

If you are to advance, all fixed ideas must go. — Joseph Campbell

It has a name because it's important, and all important things have names. — Rick Riordan

If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return. — Deepak Chopra

Listening to nature's operating instructions. — Janine Benyus

Siddhartha had started to cultivate the seed of discontent within himself. He had started to feel like his father's love, his mother's love, and the love of his friend Govinda wouldn't make him happy forever, woudn't bring him peace, satisfy him, and be sufficient for all time. He had started to suspect that his illustrious father, his other teachers, and the wise Brahmins had shared the majority and the best of their wisdom with him, that they had already poured their all into his ready vessel without filling the vessel: the mind wasn't satisfied, the soul wasn't quiet, the heart wasn't stilled. — Hermann Hesse

I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture. — Carl Hiaasen