Sciolism Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

In a way, the blank canvas ... represents the infinity of trying to use color to express emotions - to assign a linguistic function to color. — Guido Molinari

I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.
Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure. — Oliver Sacks

A belligerent samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell. The monk replied with scorn, "You're nothing but a lout - I can't waste my time with the likes of you!"
His very honor attacked, the samurai flew into a rage and, pulling his sword from its scabbard, yelled "I could kill you for your impertinence."
"That," the monk calmly replied, "is hell."
Startled at seeing the truth in what the master pointed out about the fury that had him in its grip, the samurai calmed down, sheathed his sword, and bowed, thanking the monk for the insight.
"And that,"said the monk "is heaven."
The sudden awakening of the samurai to his own agitated state illustrates the crucial difference between being caught up in a feeling and becoming aware that you are being swept away by it. Socrates's injunction "Know thyself" speaks to the keystone of emotional intelligence: awareness of one's own feelings as they occur. — Daniel Goleman

I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success. — Natasha Lyonne

However, the immediacy with which aesthetic judgments arise should not fool us into assuming that their origins are entirely natural or their verdicts unalterable. — Alain De Botton

I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing. — Melissa McCarthy

God is the greatest thing that exists, ever has existed or ever will ... for us to glory in anything else, would be sin, as there is nothing greater than God, there is no calling greater than praising God. — John Piper

Try not to be four years into a relationship when it suddenly dawns on you that the guy you're with is a big, selfish jerk. — Greg Behrendt

By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often do not shoot at all. By professional standards I do not waste a lot of film; but by the standards of many of my colleagues I probably miss quite a few of my opportunities. Still, the things I am after are not in a hurry as a rule. — Bill Brandt

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a wandering to find home, why should we not look forward to the arrival? — C.S. Lewis

Play and practice like you are trying to make the team. — Mike Krzyzewski

And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting. — Uma Thurman

Our relationship with Nature ... best way of forging this relationship ... be a pilgrim and not a tourist on Planet Earth — Satish Kumar