Schleifstein Quotes & Sayings

Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature. — Voltaire

Intuition works closely alongside fate, like they're business partners working together to alter the course of your life. — Katie Kacvinsky

All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise. — Cleopatra

I once asked my father for a dollar for the school picnic. He told me how he once killed a grizzly bear with his loose-leaf notebook. — Bill Cosby

Church, delivered this message to his troops at the outbreak of war: "Remember that the German people are the chosen of God. On me, on me as German Emperor, the Spirit of God has descended. I am His weapon. His sword and His visor. . . . Death to cowards and unbelievers! — Joseph Loconte

The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the impressions of a personal vital force, that acts spontaneously, without fear or hesitation. — George Inness

Proverbs for Paranoids, 4: You hide, they seek. — Thomas Pynchon

The day-to-day grind of adult life brings with it a tedium that weighs heavily on our powers of attention. The same experiences, at the same time and place, day in and day out, breed a familiarity that blunts our senses. — Chris Matakas

But no, it was not the small single moment which had killed him. It was the anger of all his life here in this house which he himself had built and lived in and hated all his years. — Pearl S. Buck

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work. — Thayer David

"It almost always happens that people enjoy a few moments and then afterwards feel very guilty. The guilt arises because of the ego. The ego starts torturing them, "What are you doing? Have you decided to kill me? And I am your only treasure. Killing me? You will be destroyed. Killing me is destroying yourself." — Rajneesh

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time. — Lana Del Rey

A person like me who has grown up in a mixed culture ought to be spiritual. My mother is a Catholic, my father is a Muslim, and my wife is a Hindu. Personally, I feel spirituality is about being clear-hearted. It involves a sense of connection with the divine. — Emraan Hashmi