Paul Miki Quotes & Sayings

Getting rid of the concept of self is the work of all meditators, because suffering is born from this concept. — Thich Nhat Hanh

When you stand alone and sell yourself, you can't please everyone. But when you're different, you can last. — Don Rickles

Our nation's anti-hunger programs need to be strengthened. — Jose Serrano

In order to threaten Iran, you [America] say that you can secure the energy flow in the region. You are wrong. Beware that if you make the slightest mistake over Iran, the energy flow through this region will be seriously endangered. You will never be capable of providing energy security in this region. You are not capable and you should know this. — Ali Khamenei

We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions. — John Thorn

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The lack of goodness in the young gun's heart was oxygen to the fire, and so he burned for a good long while before I woke. The dream stoked my faith in the judgment and justice that will come someday or this afternoon soon. I turn up the collar of my white robe, relieved to know that God's got me covered 'cause I'm good, but not that good. — Nikki Grimes

One's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then. — George Eliot

Get people talking. Learn to ask questions that will elicit answers about what is most interesting or vivid in their lives. Nothing so animates writing as someone telling what he thinks or what he does - in his own words. His own words will always be better than your words, even if you are the most elegant stylist in the land. — William Zinsser

Sometimes faith might just be a case of not havin nothin else left. — Cormac McCarthy

No one is a natural - you have to work at being a natural. — Greg Proops

There is silence and then the familiar smack of Beatrice Muriel's palm against her forehead. "A love marriage," she says. In her opinion, love marriages border on the indecent. They signify a breakdown of propriety, a giving in to the base instincts exhibited by the lower castes and foreigners. — Nayomi Munaweera

Change your life by changing your thoughts. — Paramahansa Yogananda

If you train 100% the result will be 100%. — Anderson Silva