Ontainerpark Quotes & Sayings

Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless. — Angela Of Foligno

The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another. — Josh Billings

I hate to be a kicker, I always long for peace, But the wheel that does the squeaking, is the one that gets the grease. — Josh Billings

How often must I get lost in a strange land of fairytales so that I can find my true self? — Debasish Mridha

give a smile, get a smile, keep a smile — V.L.Z.

My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.' — Julia Cameron

Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you. — Swami Vivekananda

Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he's far down enough (down where I have been and am rising from, I am really saying), he can't afford self-doubt and he can't let other people's opinions, even a father's, keep him from writing. — Wallace Stegner

You've been making the wrong mistakes. — Thelonious Monk

We've got a duty to die and get out of the way with all of our machines and artificial hearts and everything else like that and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life. — Richard Lamm

For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That's a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that's glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it's safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that's still likely to be the last thing you ever do. — J.K. Rowling

as Boethius says, nothing is more fleeting than external form, which withers and alters like the flowers of the field at the appearance of autumn; and what would be the point of saying today that the abbot Abo had a stern eye and pale cheeks, when by now he and those around him are dust and their bodies have the mortal grayness of dust (only their souls, God grant, shining with a light that will never be extinguished)? — Umberto Eco

I have no idea of the future
never, ever. That's what I like about fashion. It's paradise now. — Karl Lagerfeld

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly. — Edwin Percy Whipple