Rebuildingsociety Quotes & Sayings

As poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore reminds us, "We cannot cross the sea merely by staring at the water." Simplicity has power. And living on purpose comes to this: Just do it. How much simpler can we get? — Dan Millman

The philosopher will ask himself ... if the criticism we are now suggesting is not the philosophy which presses to the limit that criticism of false gods which Christianity has introduced into our history. — Maurice Merleau Ponty

Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness. — Jon Landau

Ever since the millennial crash, the United States has been buffeted by currency shocks, interest-rate gyrations, and financial device bubbles. Government fashions move "investment" from real estate consumption to climate distractions. It was technology alone that saved the world economy. — George Gilder

Somewhere the hurting must stop, — Terry Fox

I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African. — Joanna Newsom

When two lovers discover a language of their own. — Saleem Sharma

There are occasions when I would rather feel like a fly than a spider. — E. M. Forster

Every time you use the word 'healthy,' you lose. The key is to make yummy, delicious food that happens to be healthy. — Marcus Samuelsson

Glory be!' said the Cabby. 'I'd ha' been a better man all my life if I'd known there were things like this. — C.S. Lewis

The words with which a child's heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon