Practicos Quotes & Sayings

At the heart of all temptations, as we see here, is the act of pushing God aside because we perceive him as secondary, if not actually superfluous and annoying, in comparison with all the apparently far more urgent matters that fill our lives. Constructing a world by our own lights, without reference to God, building on our own foundation; refusing to acknowledge the reality of anything beyond the political and material, while setting God aside as an illusion - that is the temptation that threatens us in many varied forms. Moral — Pope Benedict XVI

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour. — Georg Brandes

An astronaut who doesn't sweat the small stuff is a dead astronaut. — Chris Hadfield

I rank money higher than social life or meaning because once you have money, those other things are easier to get. For example, you won't have much of a social life if you can't afford to do anything. And you can't make money if your health is a mess. — Scott Adams

Had enough of my poetry yet? That's why they pay me to fight demons instead. — Charles Stross

Why can't you be decent to people?" she asked. "Fear," I said. — Charles Bukowski

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. Anonymous — Callie Smith Grant

As miserable as life may be I hold it pretty precious — Henry Rollins

Butterflies ... flowers that fly and all but sing. — Robert Frost

The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time. — Bruce Lee

I have had dreams, and I've had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. — Jonas Salk

But although we have noticed the ark as being the first ship, we cannot with propriety place it in the front of the history of navigation. After the flood the ark seems to have been soon forgotten, or at least imperfectly remembered, and men reverted to their little canoes and clumsy boats, which sufficed for all their limited wants. It was not until about a thousand years later in the world — R.M. Ballantyne

Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God. — Evelyn Waugh