Qunu Eastern Quotes & Sayings

Inthehistorian'sview biography isa kindoffrogspawn it takes ten thousand biographies to make one small history. — Michael Holroyd

Hence all thoughts about myself now begin with Perhaps ... because I'm having to think about myself in ways I never did before and I'm not sure if I'm right in my thinking about those things. — Cecelia Ahern

This is for you," he said, holding one of the parts out to the monk. "It's for your generosity to the pilgrims." "But this payment goes well beyond my generosity," the monk responded. "Don't say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time." The — Paulo Coelho

Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving. — Steve Winwood

In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.'" He — Richard North Patterson

while we remain immersed in the study of personal incidents and details, as what such a statesman said or how many men were killed in such a battle, we may quite fail to understand what it was all about, and we shall be sure often to misjudge men's characters and estimate wrongly the importance of many events. For this reason we cannot clearly see the meaning of the history of our own times. — John Fiske

People who want to change everything in the world but never think of changing themselves are clapping with one palm. — Subhan Zein

Not only has one to do one's best, one must, while doing one's best, remain detached from whatever one is trying to achieve. — Janwillem Van De Wetering

A kiss is a flower of love, a sweet song of two hearts, and a memory of eternal desires. — Debasish Mridha

His only extravagance was soccer, though he called it football, of course, rooted for Tottenham. His mother, you see, was Jewish; she loved how Tottenham fought back against anti-Semitic slurs and called themselves the Yid Army. The Yiddos. For Leo, he said, it had also been the name, so meaty, so metrical. Tottenham Hotspur, its own tiny song. — Lauren Groff

Art is what is irresistible. — William, Saroyan

Suddenly I heard the words of Christ and understood them, and life and death ceased to seem to me evil, and instead of despair I experienced happiness and the joy of life undisturbed by death. — Leo Tolstoy