Offbeat Enlightenment Quotes & Sayings

When I was a kid, we watched the Vietnam War on the six o'clock news, and it was desensitizing. You felt you were watching a war film; meanwhile you were really watching these guys getting blown to bits. Parents need to protect their kids from watching that stuff. — Johnny Depp

Alec is brave, and he's good, and he's loyal, and like all Lightwoods he has cheekbones you could use to slice salami. — Cassandra Clare

You can discover a person's true character by examining how their actions align with their words. — Janice Anderson

Strength in peace. Strength in love. Always. — Janice Anderson

I tell you, if I'm going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there's no way an older man can keep up with me. — Ivana Trump

Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades. — Winfield Scott

You're just raw, and yourself, and beautiful. You don't need anything from anyone, unless it's the kind of love that chooses you first, always. — Tarryn Fisher

Certainty is the enemy of change. — Salvador Minuchin

He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. — Seneca The Younger

Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years. — Oscar Isaac

Embrace compassion without exception. — Janice Anderson

Peace within us translates to our exterior world. Our outer and inner state of peace is directly related to each other. It's simply impossible to have lasting peace around us unless we have peace within us. — Janice Anderson

There will always be ups and downs, twists and turns in our lives. But we have to find the strength to keep moving forward. The past is done, it's over, and you can't change it. You can hold on to your memories and learn from them. Look at what's in front of you, focus on your vision, and run toward it! Because when it's all said and done, only you are in charge of your strength, your peace, and your happiness. — Jalpa Williby

The idea of men's receiving an intimation of their connection with the world around them through an immediate feeling which is from the outset directed to that purpose sounds so strange and fits in so badly with the fabric of our psychology that one is justified in attempting to discover a psycho-analytic - that is, a genetic - explanation of such a feeling. — Sigmund Freud