Paksas Rolandas Quotes & Sayings

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos. — William Irwin Thompson

The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them. Three hundred sixty-five days later, we try again and find that the same thing has happened. Each time the goal is reached, it becomes Not So Much Fun, and we're off to reach the next one, then the next one, then the next.
That doesn't mean that the goals we have don't count. They do, mostly because they cause us to go through the process and it's the process that makes us wise, happy, or whatever. If we do things in the wrong sort of way, it makes us miserable, angry, confused, and things like that. The goal has to be right for us, and it has to be beneficial, in order to ensure a beneficial process. But aside from that, it's really the process that's important. — Benjamin Hoff

So unabashed as to make its recipient afraid - not of the girl but of a world that didn't abide such forthright joy. — Sarah McCoy

Joining Jesus doesn't add another layer of busyness on top of an already insane schedule. Instead, joining Jesus results in less stress, more life, more laughter and more fruit than what many of us are currently seeing. — Greg Finke

This is what a command is. Staring consequences in the eye and pretending not to flinch. — Scott Lynch

Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me. — Sojourner Truth

One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless. — Liz Smith

Violet
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see comment history Black for hunting through the night

For death and mourning the color's white

Gold for a bride in her wedding gown

And red to call enchantment down.

White silk when our bodies burn,

Blue banners when the lost return.

Flame for the birth of a Nephilim,

And to wash away our sins.

Gray for knowledge best untold,

Bone for those who don't grow old.

Saffron lights the victory march,

Green will mend our broken hearts.

Silver for the demon towers,

And bronze to summon wicked powers. — Cassandra Clare

There are few things truer in life than... you can not play a guitar after doing the dishes and you can't get anywhere in life with a negative mind. — K. Farrell St. Germain

I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is. — Olga Korbut

The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let me make an investment until I was 30. That was probably a very smart thing. — Fred Wilson

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan. — Winston Churchill

We have military bases all over the world, and that's purely to protect our portfolio abroad.Our investments, and our production, our exploitation of cheap labor and raw materials. We're on the scene to do that, and the military is there to see that it happens. — Philip Berrigan