Pikiran Rakyat Quotes & Sayings

That was the trouble with freethinkers, they had overactive imaginations that made them uncertain. — Peter F. Hamilton

I had decided to be a magician well before I decided to be a writer. I was the little boy who would get up on-stage and do magic wearing a fake mustache, which would fall off during the performance. I'm still trying to perform those tricks. Now I do it with writing. — Ray Bradbury

The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield. — Bill McKibben

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. — William Osler

Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life. — B.K.S. Iyengar

Ironworkers also settled in Detroit and Buffalo. They were, for the first time in the history of Native Americans, creating a new class--the urban Indian. — David Weitzman

I conclude, then, that the plea of having acted in the interests of a friend is not a valid excuse for a wrong action ... We may then lay down this rule of friendship
neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. For the plea "for friendship's sake" is a discreditable one, and not to be admitted for a moment. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance. — Charles Garfield

When someone says "I Love You," it is imperative that you know if you are loved for "WHAT you are" or "WHO you are."
When the academic qualifications, professionals, positions, possessions, good look, fat bank accounts and all that has been acquired over the years are taken away, all that is left is "Who you are" - Your Personality (character, values, perceptions.)
"We are never truly loved, until we are loved for WHO and not WHAT we are — Olaotan Fawehinmi

The process of thinking itself requires us to view the universe in the direction of entropy, since an abstraction always involves information loss, since symbols 'abstract' complexity from observed objects. — John C. Wright

I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes I think parents emphasise more on doing well in school, which is important, but perhaps that sometimes comes at the cost of a child's natural curiosity. — Adora Svitak

A part of me knew ... from the moment I saw her;
her death would have been one wound too many that day. — Dean Koontz

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people. — Rodney King