Ously Words Quotes & Sayings

The silent painting speaks on the walls and does much good. — Gregory Of Nyssa

Did God get out of bed one morning and draw back the curtains (Reggie's imaginary God led a very domesticated life) and think, 'A drowning in a hotel swimming pool, I fancy. We haven't had that one in a while. — Kate Atkinson

Truth is fruit on a tree; though ripe, one must still reach for it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Billy offers small hums of agreement and waits for the momma-logue to wind down. — Ben Fountain

Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. — Malala Yousafzai

Alice was pretty enough and played piano well, but she was educated in excess of a lady's requirements. She was also possessed of a quiet, stubborn strength of character that had discouraged beaux less determined than Henry Holliday, a Georgia planter ten years her senior. — Mary Doria Russell

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. — George Bernard Shaw

Enjoy being with yourself, hanging out with yourself, doing things by yourself. — Frederick Lenz

No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother. — Marie Antoinette

The girl who swears no one has ever made love to her has a right to swear. — Sophia Loren

1:145-146
NO SURE SENSE

Say: No one knows the unseen except God (27:65).

With that text I put this question: How do you feel about doing work that brings no benefit to you or anyone? Aren't you always aware of a destination when you walk out your door? Do you ever walk out, look around in all directions, then go back into your house and sit there with no purpose, for no reason?

You often plan work without knowing what will come of it. You plant seeds with no guarantee they will sprout. You enter into a business deal with no sure sense it will make profit. Many do not reach the point they move toward, but that doesn't man they stop trying.

Certainty comes only with work we do in the invisible, but we cannot know that. Journeys taken and seeds planted there never disappoint. The saints and hermits and prophets might be able to give us some of their confidence if we could work along with them. — Bahauddin

Your mom is a rainbow goddess?"
"You got a problem with that?"
"No, no. Rainbows. Very macho. — Rick Riordan