Semmy Schilt Quotes & Sayings

In all living there is a certain narrowness of application which leads to breadth and power. We have to concent on a thing in order to master it. Then we must be broad enough not to be narrowed by our specialties. — Ralph Washington Sockman

People try to make names for things they don't understand — Rene Denfeld

The transfiguration of Jesus is one of the typical facts of the resurrection of the body; not only of the glorious change, but of the renewed life of the body and of the general judgment day. — Edward McKendree Bounds

What I came to understand is that change is not a choice, not for a species of plant, not for me. It happens, and you are different. — Charlie Kaufman

Sometimes we complain, but there is something beautiful about waking up before everyone to get better at what we love. — Missy Franklin

Truth to life, at the start, to be sure; yet once the process gets under way, truth to art is the greater allegiance — Julian Barnes

In previous ages the word 'art' was used to cover all forms of human skill. The Greeks believed that these skills were given by the gods to man for the purpose of improving the condition of life. In a real sense, photography has fulfilled the Greek ideal of art; it should not only improve the photographer, but also improve the world. — David Hurn

Every piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit gets you closer to the answer. — Cynthia Lewis

I'm very scared of water. When you don't see the water ... I imagine monsters - stupid things. — Eva Green

I thought of Otto Frank not being a father anymore, left with a diary instead of a wife and two daughters. — John Green

I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online - but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can't use the net unless you can read. — Margaret Atwood

Whether the human mind can advance or not, is a question too little discussed, for nothing can be more dangerous than to found our social philosophy on any theory which is debatable but has not been debated. — G.K. Chesterton

I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy. — Gregory Maguire

There is nothing easy about becoming conscious. My own life was much easier before I knew about the deeper meaning of choice, the power of choice that accompanies taking responsibility. Abdicating responsibility to an outside source can seem, at least for the moment, so much easier. Once you know better, however, you can't get away with kidding yourself for long. — Caroline Myss