Scheffner Norman Quotes & Sayings

He was all too aware of the failings of his species and he knew how to use them to his advantage. A fascinating skill. A useful one. But hardly a loving one. — Julie Anne Long

Optimism is the spirit of confident soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

These homes of love we build, house many rooms, sanded and painted in the shades and colours of our life, furnished with those moments that, however inconsequential they may seem to others, have in fact, defined us. — Annie Proulx

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way. — Isabelle Eberhardt

Tis well when we dare not do a thing we think is not good and fair; but not so well when we think a thing not good and fair because we dare not do it ... — Sigrid Undset

My God is love and sweetly suffers all. — Sri Aurobindo

In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these practices. — Karan Bajaj

I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain. — Martin Luther

You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child. — Oliver Platt

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things. — Christian Slater

I have my shield of faith. — Joel Osteen

(When I'd asked Mrs. Barbour where the washing machine was, she'd looked at me as if I'd asked for lye and lard to boil up for soap.) — Donna Tartt

There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion. — John McDonald