Rassys Quotes & Sayings

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. — Thomas Jefferson

A modern story of Mullah Nasrudin, the Sufi teacher and holy fool, tells of him entering a bank and trying to cash a check. The teller asks him to please identify himself. Nasrudin reaches in his pocket and pulls out a small mirror. Looking into it, he says, "Yep, that's me all right." Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Those that come to see me, do me honour; and those that stay away, do me a favour. — Edward John Trelawny

An army is greater than a warrior. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I think that everyone thought that the Depression like everything else, was for the white-folks, so it had nothing to do with them. — Maya Angelou

Fortunately, how we choose to be today is not predetermined by how we were yesterday...You and you alone choose moment by moment who and how you want to be in the world. I encourage you to pay attention to what is going on in your brain. Own your power and show up for your life. — Jill Bolte Taylor

God forbid that I should ever be a good influence on anybody. — Robert A. Heinlein

And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it ... — Constantine P. Cavafy

You know I hate banks, that's my purse stash kid. (Tatum) — R.M. Gilmore

Well now I know I can control my tongue, my temper & my appetites, but that's it. I have no effect on weather, traffic or luck. I can't make good things happen; I can't keep anybody safe; I can't influence the future & I can't fix up the past. What a relief!
from book A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas — Abigail Thomas

Such immaturity will manifest itself in a lack of integrity. This lack will critically affect the child's spiritual development; the less able a child is to deal with anger well, the more antagonistic will be his attitude toward authority, including the authority of God. A child's immature handling of anger is a primary reason the child will reject the parent's spiritual values. — Gary Chapman

It is nonviolent non-co-operation which evokes the highest spirit of self-sacrifice that will wean one from the error of one's ways. — Mahatma Gandhi

We do not merely absorb experience; we filter and select it. — Jerome L. Singer

I want it, I want it!" Her face grew liverish. "I make the money, so I can have what I want. You can't stop me!" "Jane, — Henry Farrell