Ordie Shack Quotes & Sayings

It is important always to remember that virtual contact cannot and must not take the place of direct human contact with people at every level of our lives ... — Pope Benedict XVI

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody. — Michael Learned

Craving and desire are the cause of all unhappiness. Everything sooner or later must change, so do not become attached to anything. Instead devote ... — Gautama Buddha

Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding. — Richard Branson

What on earth you are serious about I haven't got the remotest idea. About everything, I should fancy. You have such an absolutely trivial nature. — Oscar Wilde

Ultimately, Monsieur, we must go to God per infamiam et bonam famam [whether spoken of well or ill], and His Divine Goodness is merciful to us when it pleases Him to allow us to encounter blame and public contempt. I am sure you have borne patiently the embarrassment you experienced because of what has happened. If the glory of the world is nothing but smoke, the contrary is a solid good, when it is accepted in the right way. I hope that great good will come to us from this humiliation. — Vincent De Paul

Love is the weapon of the wise. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Keeping silent when you witness injustice is to act against your own spirituality, because nothing exists apart from your inner world. — Daniel Marques

Isn't this a little... morbid?"...
"Morbid?" I mange half a smile. "Or cathartic?"
"Most cathartic things are morbid," he amends. "Healing through melancholy."
I roll my eyes. "Leave it to you to find something poetic about slicing off the heads of snowmen. — Sara Raasch