Robur The Conqueror Quotes & Sayings

But nothing is better than a truth which appears not to have the semblance of truth. There is always something incomprehensible about the great heroic deeds performed by humanity because they rise so far beyond the mediocre measure of mere mortals; but it is always only because of the incredible feats that human beings have accomplished that humanity recovers its faith in itself. — Stefan Zweig

I wouldn't call myself a modern Shakespeare, but Shakespeare was probably to his generation what I am to mine. — Zach Braff

Any teaching will not transform you as long as you are deeply attached to your body. Yoga is towards reducing this attachment. — Jaggi Vasudev

To contribute means add a positive or take away own negative. — Muhammad Tariq Majeed

Sometimes a person's first assumption was very telling. It revealed how they perceived the situation. — Sara Sheridan

On time is 10 minutes late. — Anthony Hitt

Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie? — Sogyal Rinpoche

If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.' — Carine Roitfeld

There are obvious places in which government can narrow the chasm between haves and have-nots. One is the public schools, which have been seen as the great leveler, the authentic melting pot. That, today, is nonsense. In his scathing study of the nation's public school system entitled "Savage Inequalities," Jonathan Kozol made manifest the truth: that we have a system that discriminates against the poor in everything from class size to curriculum. — Anna Quindlen

Sometimes you need to get away for a few weeks just to figure out who you are again. — Judd Apatow

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

[W]e avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble[. — Giacomo Casanova