Okruhly Jedalensky Quotes & Sayings

Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn — H.L. Mencken

I have discovered that my freedom is within me, and nothing can destroy it. — Janet Frame

She who is really a wife, one in heart, flesh, and bone, must follow wherever he leads, in whom her life, her strength, her pride, and happiness are centered. — Honore De Balzac

God wants us to delight in living His purpose for us, which is why our passion plays a huge part! — Paige Omartian

They do not like to hear such expressions as "Negro literature," "Negro poetry," "African art," or "thinking black"; and, roughly speaking, we must concede that such things do not exist. These things did not figure in the courses which they pursued in school, and why should they? "Aren't we all Americans? Then, whatever is American is as much the heritage of the Negro as of any other group in — Carter G. Woodson

Men are, if nothing else, predictable. Fortunately for us all, women are not. — Karen Hawkins

Dysfunction isn't a choice, it's a disease. — Lisa Unger

The existence of a medium, after all, is its absolute justification, if as so many seem to think, it needs one and all comparison of potentialities is useless and irrelevant. Whether a water-color is inferior to an oil, or whether a drawing, an etching, or a photograph is not as important as either, is inconsequent. To have to despise something in order to respect something else is a sign of impotence. [emphasis added] Let us rather accept joyously and with gratitude everything through which the spirit of man seeks to an ever fuller and more intense self-realization. — Paul Strand

Our five senses are faulty data-taking devices, and they need help. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Your state of consciousness, right now, will determine what you manifest in the future. — Christopher Dines

The dead should not rule the living. — Thomas Jefferson

If you don't know why you like a thing, it is usually worth your while to attempt to find out. — Paul Bowles

... Because every ruler celebrated his conquests by setting torch to the nearest library. Did not Julius Caesar incinerate the scrolls in the great library at Alexandria during his campaign against the republicans in Africa? Or General Stilicho, leader of the Vandals, order the burning of the Sybillene prophecies in Rome? — Ross King

We are spiritual children of God the Father. We preach it. We sing it. But do we really understand it? Sometimes it's easy to tell others they are loved, but not so easy to believe it of ourselves - not because we don't think God loves His children, but because we may feel undeserving of His love. The adversary loves to remind us who we are not. Not pretty. Not smart. Not strong. But God would not have sacrificed His Son to save us if we aren't worth saving. — Toni Sorenson

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be. — Daphne Guinness