Printy6 Quotes & Sayings

Prayer does not give me what I want. It pummels my wants, kneads them, stretches them my whole life long, until at the last hour of my life I have learned to want one thing only, the only thing worth having. And so my whole life becomes a hidden sigh, an inarticulate utterance of the Name of God. My death will be my prayer, the sigh by which I give myself up at last into the presence of the Name. Thy — Benjamin Myers

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who. — Rudyard Kipling

When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The discussion about energy options tends to be an intensely emotional, polarised, mistrustful, and destructive one. Every option is strongly opposed: the public seem to be anti-wind, anti-coal, anti-waste-to-energy, anti-tidal-barrages, anti-carbon-tax, and anti-nuclear. — David J. C. MacKay

I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy. — Christopher Paolini

If you're an advocate of gentleness, you're simplistic and naive. If you're an advocate of despair and hate, you're sophisticated. — Leo Buscaglia

This issue, if not addressed, leaves any President, including George Bush, open to the criticism that they are essentially ignoring the destruction of the nation and I believe that with all my heart. — Tom Tancredo

Every house should have a room called the breathing room, or at least a corner of a room reserved for this purpose. In this place you can put a low table with a flower, a little bell, and enough cushions for everyone in the family to sit on. When you feel uneasy, sad, or angry, you can go into this room, close the door, sit down, invite the sound of the bell, and practice breathing mindfully. When you have breathed like this for ten or fifteen minutes, you begin to feel better. If you do not practice like this, you can lose your temper. Then you may shout or pick a fight with the other person, creating a huge storm in your family. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The Europeans wanted gold and slaves, like everybody else; but at the same time they wanted statues put up to themselves as people who had done good things for the slaves. — V.S. Naipaul

To enjoy the freshness of life, be simple like water. — Debasish Mridha

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree. — Charles R. Swindoll