Opticus Gen Quotes & Sayings

The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it. — Mason Cooley

Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's pies. I also hid the book of 'Grimm Fairy Tales.' They're just too grim for my grandkids. Reality will come soon enough. — Regina Brett

One of the open secrets of life on earth is that the answer to life's burning question has been inscribed in one's soul all along. The soul is a kind of ancient vessel that holds the exact knowledge we seek and need to find our way in life. Each life is a pilgrimage intended to arrive at the center of the pilgrim's soul. From that vantage point, the issue is not whether we managed to choose the right god or the only way to live righteously; such notions fail to recognize the inborn intimacy each soul already has with the divine. — Michael Meade

Keep pouring love into the world and love will be poured back to you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You want sins, Aunt? I'll show you sinning. I'll make the devil weep, I'll sin so bad. — Heidi Cullinan

Something horrible happens and I try to make it funny. It's really a tortured life. You go to a salsa bar, at your local burrito stand, and you know, you think "how can you make a joke about this?" — Daniel Tosh

The let-go of the last little bit is the biggest because, in that, there is no return. — John De Ruiter

the madness business is filled with people like Tony, reduced to their maddest edges. — Jon Ronson

We should strive to develop within ourselves the traits of character of the Savior. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football. — Gordon Gee

I was so stunned by this strange realization that my mind stopped. I was fully conscious, but there were no more thoughts. Then I felt drawn into what seemed like a vortex of energy. It was a slow movement at first and then accelerated. I was gripped by an intense fear, and my body started to shake. I heard the words "resist nothing," as if spoken inside my chest. I could feel myself being sucked into a void. It felt as if the void was inside myself rather than outside. Suddenly, there was no more fear, and I let myself fall into that void. I have no recollection of what happened after that. — Eckhart Tolle

So Bach, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, these are all people who would sort of rearrange or take riffs from people. Same thing with rock, if you look at the Rolling Stones doing a cover of Otis Redding or you know if you look at literature James Joyce is pulling fragments of text from other people. — DJ Spooky

Shield!" the old woman snapped. "You well know the weakness there! Shield your son too much, Jessica, and he'll not grow strong enough to fulfill any destiny. — Frank Herbert

When you agree to help one person, you ultimately have to disappoint someone else; it's like a karmic law. — Katie Kacvinsky