Ratthpala Quotes & Sayings

Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government. — Peter Benenson

We weren't in love. We were in lust, Liv. I thought I loved you, but someone has taught me what real love is. She has totally opened up her heart and soul to me, and she trusts me to take care of her, to love her with no conditions. I can't even stand the thought of being away from her for more than five minutes. My heart stops when she walks into a room or when she smiles at me. When I hear her laugh, I just want to make her laugh more because it makes me feel so happy. — Kelly Elliott

O Brahmana, it is just like a mountain river, flowing far and swift, taking everything along with it; there is no moment, no instant, no second when it stops flowing, but goes on flowing and continuing. So Brahmana, is human life, like a mountain river." As Buddha told Ratthpala : "The world is a continuous flux and is impermanent. — Walpola Ruhula

They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey. — Amy Hempel

If we call insects "pests," then we can make war on them. And we have done that, developing powerful chemicals that kill all insects to eliminate the ones that are troublesome to us. To me, using broad-spectrum pesticides is like dealing with high rates of crime in a town or neighbourhood by removing or killing everyone in the area. — David Suzuki

So far Unitarian realism claiming to possess positive knowledge about Ultimate Reality has succeeded only by excluding large areas of phenomena or by declaring, without proof, that they could be reduced to basic theory, which, in this connection, means elementary particle physics. — Paul Feyerabend

We all do better when we all do better. — Paul Wellstone

I feel less adrenaline in my body now, but more in my head. I tried to be at my best, and I succeeded. — Andriy Shevchenko

I really enjoy playing the piano. I took lessons throughout middle school, but I had to drop the lessons. I actually got too busy, but I hope to pick up the lessons when I'm in college if I can. — Miranda Leek

I loved being blonde. It's true, they have more fun, even when they're cannibalising their children. — Anjelica Huston

This is part of what it means to be a God, that You are a general principal of Being, instantiated throughout all of Being. — Sam Webster

True, lasting peace comes not through stamping out the ignorance of others, but through cultivating acceptance with ourselves. — Johnathan Jena

No matter what happened yesterday it is insignificant when compared to what lies within the core of your being today. — Sandy Brewer

What I learned in Rwanda was that God is not absent when great evil is unleashed. Whether that evil is man-made or helped along by darker forces, God is right there, saving those who respond to His urgings and trying to heal the rest. — James Riordan

As a child I had been taught to say my prayers at the start of every day, and so it did not seem an odd thing for me to stand out in the field and say Oh God whatever happens today let it be under your perfect control. — John Masters