Propositus Quotes & Sayings

Short cuts make long delays. — J.R.R. Tolkien

When I was a kid and I would play pretend, I would end up with blood everywhere and I would cut my feet up. I love the feeling of it being real. — Austin Butler

Catering to the passionate is exactly what you should do. — Seth Godin

Sticking to it is the genius. — Thomas A. Edison

Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship. — Miroslav Volf

He [The Dalai Lama] has made it his mission to say, "We can't afford to squabble over minor differences, we have to concentrate on what we have in common, our common mission, our common culture - and indeed what we have in common with the rest of the world." — Pico Iyer

my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell

I hold my honey and I store my bread
In little jars and cabinets of my will.
I label clearly, and each latch and lid
I bid, Be firm till I return from hell.
I am very hungry. I am incomplete.
And none can tell when I may dine again.
No man can give me any word but Wait,
The puny light. I keep eyes pointed in;
Hoping that, when the devil days of my hurt
Drag out to their last dregs and I resume
On such legs as are left me, in such heart
As I can manage, remember to go home,
My taste will not have turned insensitive
To honey and bread old purity could love. — Gwendolyn Brooks

It is worth noting that honoring private property rights protects not just the rich; it especially protects the poor. — Helen Raleigh

I live with a passionate passion. I know one day, I will be gone. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't try threatening an Alpha. They don't like it. — Patricia Briggs

I knew when I was in high school that I wanted a job where they'd applaud if I showed up. — Cheryl Wheeler

The power to learn is present in everyone's soul, and the instrument with which each learns is like an eye that cannot be turned around from darkness to light without turning the whole body. — Plato

I invested all my money in debt. — Hamish Linklater

Being grateful for what you have is the key to peace and happiness. — Pravin Agarwal