Plakatid Quotes & Sayings

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi

Sceptic, mathematician, Christian; doubt, affirmation, submission. — Blaise Pascal

One is only really inwardly comfortable, so to speak, after one's life has assumed some sort of shape. Not just a routine, like studying or a job or being a housewife, but something more complete than all those, which would include goals set by oneself and a circle of life-time type friends. I think this is one of the hardest things to achieve, in fact often just trying doesn't achieve it but rather it seems to develop almost by accident. — Jessica Mitford

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it. — Laurie Lee

When we die, our spirits go to the spirit world, and our bodies return to the elements of the earth until the resurrection. — John Bytheway

Sex and money: the sources of most of our desire and disappointment, our hope and fear. — David Deida

I think that we're our own worst enemies in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to doing work where you're criticized a lot or doing work where there's a lot of hater directed at you; and to not constantly second-guess yourself. — Jessica Valenti

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening. — Steve Martin

There is a strong current in contemporary culture advocating ' holistic ' views as some sort of cure-all ... Reductionism implies attention to a lower level while holistic implies attention to higher level. These are intertwined in any satisfactory description: and each entails some loss relative to our cognitive preferences, as well as some gain ... there is no whole system without an interconnection of its parts and there is no whole system without an environment. — Francisco Varela

What you can't pay back you pay forward. — Jo Walton

The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as bored. And stupid. And resigned. — Christopher Hitchens

Aren't those vegetables sexy, Rog?" Grant cooed, trying to hold in laughter. "Sexy, sexy veggies. You two need to go on lots of dates together. — Jennifer Lane

School busses ... Won't even give us a chance to be late for school ... Never be late again in all our lives. Think of that nightmare,Doug, just think it all over. — Ray Bradbury

I got tired, I told him. Not worn out, but worn through. Like one of those wives who wakes up one morning and says I can't bake any more bread. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind. A controlled mind brings happiness. — Gautama Buddha