Phonsavan Hmong Quotes & Sayings

When you are happy time appears shorter, when you are sad time appears longer. And in meditation we transcend time! — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Philosophy would do well to desist from issuing any further injunctions about the need to re-establish the meaningfulness of existence, the purposefulness of life, or mend the shattered concord between man and nature. It should strive to be more than a sop to the pathetic twinge of human self-esteem. Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity. — Ray Brassier

She kissed him but he didn't seem to recognize it. — Naomi Wood

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. — Eric S. Raymond

The Truth is simple but the Way of Man is hard. First you must learn to control your self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes. Thou art God. Know that and the Way is opened. I love you. Thou art God.
-Valentine Michael Smith — Robert A. Heinlein

We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity. — Pope Francis

Popular broadcast shows and movies have their closed captions stripped when they go to the Internet. — Marlee Matlin

...I always took the rearmost seat in the classroom - it gave me a good view of things. And I must confess, the location taught me more about human nature and justice than could be learned from the professors' lectures. — Rohinton Mistry

We Hoosiers are excessively optimistic about summer. — John Green

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.
— Judith Martin

Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed. — Bob Schieffer

The bird of truth would not be able to fly if it weren't for the air of lies we breathe. — Eugene J. Martin

Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit ... the person who is working for the sake of his own satisfaction, the money he gets in return serves merely as fuel, that is, as a symbol of reward and recognition, in the last analysis, of acceptance by ones fellowmen. — Otto Rank

Life is not a movie. No happy ending is guaranteed. No wound is closed by magic. There had been lessons I had been refusing to learn. How if you aren't letting somebody know they're hurting you, they'll keep doing it. How if you aren't letting yourself know you're hurting yourself, you'll keep dating assholes. — Alida Nugent

All models have faults - that doesn't mean you can't use them as tools for making decisions. — Myron Scholes