Rumi Thanksgiving Waite Quotes & Sayings

And yet, or just for this reason, it's so fascinating to be a woman. It's an adventure that takes such courage, a challenge that's never boring. You'll have so many things to engage you if you're born a woman. To begin with, you'll have to struggle to maintain that if God exists he might even be an old woman with white hair or a beautiful girl. Then you'll have to struggle to explain that it wasn't sin that was born on the day when Eve picked an apple, what was born that day was a splendid virtue called disobedience. — Oriana Fallaci

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery. — Natalie Goldberg

Indeed, compulsive and rigid moralism arises in given persons precisely as the result of a lack of sense of being. Rigid moralism is a compensatory mechanism by which the individual persuades himself to take over the external sanctions because he has no fundamental assurance that his own choices have any sanction of their own — Rollo May

The great documentary subjects find you, you don't really search for them. — Jeremy Coon

Don't drink bleach. — Sergio C. Pereira

Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose. — Dory Previn

In the intelligence community, a rumor was almost as good as a confirmation. — Kenneth Eade

The typical American corporation is a shareholders' republic the same way that China is a peoples' republic. — James Surowiecki

I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing
even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficien cy and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future
because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation. — Barack Obama

The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood. — Heinrich Heine

Sometimes I just want to write a really intense love scene. But I can't do that in my books for teens, or parents will complain - believe me, I've tried. — Meg Cabot

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. — Laini Taylor

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road. — Lee Child

We need to touch the fountain of life to draw in living lasting strength. — Ikechukwu Joseph

I've been told that certain species of fish will grow according to the size of their environment. Put them in a tiny aquarium, and they remain small even at adulthood. Release them into a huge natural body of water, and they grow into their intended size. People are similar. If they live in a harsh and limiting environment, they stay small. But put them someplace that encourages growth, and they will expand to reach their potential. — John C. Maxwell