P1776 Quotes & Sayings

Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself. And — C.S. Lewis

Lord Ram gave Hanuman a quizzical look and said, "What are you, a monkey or a man?" Hanuman bowed his head reverently, folded his hands and said, "When I do not know who I am, I serve You and when I do know who I am, You and I are One. — Tulsidas

Now, let's imagine that we have been condemned for life to making, year in year out a burdensome and nearly impossible decision to which the world increasingly and inexplicably ascribes a crazy importance. How do we go about it? We look for some simple, rapid, and broadly acceptable criteria that will help us get this pain out of the way. And since, as Borges himself noted, aesthetics are difficult and require a special sensibility and long reflection while political affiliations are easier and quickly grasped, we begin to identify those areas of the world that have grabbed public attention, perhaps because of political turmoil or abuses of human rights; we find those authors who have already won a huge level of respect and possibly major prizes in the literary communities of these countries and who are outspokenly committed to the right side of whatever political divide we're talking about, and we select them. — Tim Parks

An opportunity to allow the bees in one's bonnet to buzz even more noisily than usual. — Hermann Bondi

It's not enough to be busy. — Henry David Thoreau

My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming along and yelling.' — Benjamin Booker

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. — Arnold J. Toynbee

Thank God people like you fall in love with people like me. — Kelsey Kingsley

I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul. — Taylor Caldwell

As we are involved in unceasing thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer. — Henri Nouwen

What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead. — Fanny Fern