Parvaid Quotes & Sayings

None are so poor that they have nothing to give ... and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive. — Pope John Paul II

No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be frank, I suspect that today there is little respect for Christianity as source of moral teaching about goodness. — Timothy Radcliffe

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention. — Kelly McGonigal

They sat on the back porch and looked at the stars while Zombie told the story of a queen named Cassiopeia who lived forever on a throne in the sky.
"But her throne's tilted down," Sam said, looking at the constellation. "Won't she fall out?"
Zombie cleared his throat. "She won't fall. Her throne is turned that way so she can keep watch over her realm."
"What's a realm?"
Zombie pressed his hand against Sam's chest.
"This is." Zombie's hand to Sam's heart. "Here. — Rick Yancey

If, as Max Weber contended, science, modernity and rationalism have disenchanted the world and swept it clean of gods, spirits and magic (or, at least, problematised believing in them), then psychedelics offer a potential way out of the ensuing existential impasse. -Andy Letcher — Cameron Adams

Your influence as a leader will increase when you empower others' strengths, which in return equips them to pursue their callings, not their shortcomings. — Farshad Asl

He stole my music but he gave me my name. — Mick Jagger

If I was going to be a woman, I would want to be as beautiful as possible. And they said to me, 'Uh, that's as beautiful as we can get you.' And I went home and started crying to my wife, and I said, 'I have to make this picture.' And she said, 'Why?' And I said, 'Because I think I'm an interesting woman when I look at myself on screen, and I know that if I met myself at a party, I would never talk to that character because she doesn't fulfill, physically, the demands that we're brought up to think that women have to have in order for us to ask them out.' She says, 'What are you saying?' and I said, 'There's too many interesting women I have not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.' It was not what it felt like to be a woman. It was what it felt like to be someone that people didn't respect, for the wrong reasons. I know it's a comedy. But comedy's a serious business. — Dustin Hoffman

Being frightened is not the same as being a coward. — Cressida Cowell

If I'm elected president, we will secure the border. We will triple the border patrol. We will build a wall that works and I'll get Donald Trump to pay for it. — Ted Cruz

The kingdom of self is heavily defended territory. Post-Eden — Eugene H. Peterson

The blogosphere rewards no-holds-barred smartassery. — Dana Stabenow

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here. — Leo Tolstoy