Peludna Quotes & Sayings

Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown. — Henry David Thoreau

I didn't show up here to give your life purpose now that your life's over. That's up to you to figure out. — Rick Yancey

By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight! — Jean Racine

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet. — Andrew Wylie

European children are educated in a narrative of human tolerance every day, and if you want to be sure to prevent a backlash, you should at least think of bringing Muslim children and teenagers into the fold of that narrative of tolerance. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I like this word decadent; all shimmering and purple and gold. — Paul Verlaine

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. — Samuel Johnson

Enlightenment remains unrealized so long as it is considered as a specific
state to be attained, and for which there are standards of success. — Alan Watts

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States." More important, all of Jefferson's specific digs at the king were preceded by one self-evident fact that obliterated any and all justifications for monarchy, aristocracy, and colonialism until the end of time, even though neither its author nor his comrades truly believed it: All men are created equal. A — Sarah Vowell

Ye have angels' faces, but heaven knows your hearts. — William Shakespeare

When a man venerates those worthy of veneration, be they Buddhas or their disciples, who have transcended all obstacles and passed beyond sorrow and tears - venerating such as these, whose passions are extinguished and for whom there is no further source for fear, no one can calculate how great his merit is. — Gautama Buddha

Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge. — Arron Wood

Spirituality points, always, beyond: beyond the ordinary, beyond possession, beyond the narrow confines of the self, and - above all - beyond expectations. Because "the spiritual" is beyond our control, it is never exactly what we expect. — Ernest Kurtz

Reliance soon became trust. Trust led to admiration. And then, before I was even aware it happened, admiration transformed into a longing that was at once terrific and terrible, and I realized I was in love. — Colleen Houck

Use the word 'zeitgeist' as often as possible. Ideally, you want to find words that sound familiar but people don't really know their definitions: 'zeitgeist,' 'bildungsroman,' 'doppelganger' - better yet, anything Latin. But avoid 'paradigm.' It's so 1994. If you say the word 'paradigm,' everybody knows you're a poser. — Stephen Colbert