Saint John Damascene Quotes & Sayings

For the sun is situated in the center of the cosmos, wearing it like a crown — Hermes Trismegistus

.....I'm certain I asked for a cowboy one December past--
For I wanted the excitement of pioneers to last;
I ached to sing with a fiddle, speak with a drawl and twang;
I surely requested John Wayne to be part of my gang.

Of course I dreamed of a cowboy in those Yuletides of yore--
For I wanted that ace, that corral fighter, that scout roar;
I ached for the authentic frontier hero of the West;
I surely requested the sacred battleground's finest.

I did pray Santa'd give me a cowboy some time ago--
For I wanted a legend in denim wrangler for beau;
I ached to be rounded up safely by my saddled knight;
I surely requested I be prospected, mined, settled right...


-----excerpted from the poem 'A Cowboy For Christmas' in the book FROM GUAM TO CROWN CITY CORONADO (THANKS TO HERMANN, MISSOURI): A JOURNEY IN POESY, by Mariecor Ruediger — Mariecor Ruediger

Because of school policy I don't think it wise to risk having any sort of romantic relationship, Alicia. — Cherry Kay

A male after my own heart. And don't knock perversion, you judgmental little fuck. You never know when you might find it appealing. — J.R. Ward

I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy. — Joel McHale

There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention ... — Joshua Reynolds

Love," he whispered in Italian, "is a single soul inhabiting two bodies". — Elizabeth Hunter

My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest minds in history without spending a lot of money. — Dave Brat

A reward once given becomes a right. — Frederick Herzberg

There are thus two tasks for the Mass Media division of Unesco, the one general, the other special. The special one is to enlist the press and the radio and the cinema to the fullest extent in the service of formal and adult education, of science and learning, of art and culture. The general one is to see that these agencies are used both to contribute to mutual comprehension between different nations and cultures, and also to promote the growth of a common outlook shared by all nations and cultures. — Julian Huxley

My faith will proclaim it is so - we are never alone. — John Denver

So these days, I'm on the lookout for grace, and I'm especially on the lookout for ways that I withhold grace from myself and from other people. At first, showing people grace makes you feel powerful, like scattering candy from a float in a parade - grace for you, grace for you. You become almost giddy, thinking of people in generous ways, allowing for their faults, absorbing minor irritations. You feel great, and then you start to feel just ever so slightly superior, because you're so incredibly evolved and gracious. But then inevitably something happens, and it usually involves you confronting one of your worst selves, often in public, and you realize that you're not throwing candy off a float to a nameless, dirty public, but rather that you are that nameless, dirty public, and that you are starving and on your knees, praying for a little piece of sweetness, just one mouthful of grace. — Shauna Niequist

Once, he hadn't been able to touch her without causing himself pain. Now, it only hurt when he didn't touch her. — Nalini Singh

Tell me about yourselves and describe the sun to a miserable wretch who has no roots anywhere and who remains your faithful. — Albert Camus