Semplice Fireplace Quotes & Sayings

Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it through understanding the contents of his own mind, through observation, not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. — Radhanath Swami

It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to be safe ... that there can be ... stability of value and ... economic progress ... — Calvin Coolidge

Our success as consultants will depend upon the essential rightness of the advice we give and our capacity for convincing those in authority that it is good. — Andrew Thomas

As long as we as a society continue to belittle and dismiss women's accounts, disbelieve and question their stories, and blame them for their own assaults, we are playing right into the hands of those who silence victims by asking: "who would believe you anyways?". — Laura Bates

Puddles were weak. Puddles were transparent, with all their secrets and imperfections clearly visible to observers standing above them. Puddles could be stepped on and splashed through and ruined. — Juliana Gray

It's cold and it's winter and the world has gone to sleep — James Frey

Average Americans order nonfat decaf iced vanilla lattes at Starbucks and choose from 1,500 drawer pulls at The Great Indoors. Amazon gives every town a bookstore with 2 million titles, while Netflix promises 35,000 different movies on DVD. Choice is everywhere - liberating to some, but to others, a new source of stress. — Virginia Postrel

Sleep is one of the great pleasures of life. Designing my bed linen line seemed like a natural progression for me. Everyone loves getting into a bed made up with beautiful linen. I love sewing, I love fabrics, and I love sleeping. — Twiggy

To drive though the streets of Manhattan to sign a record deal was like a movie. It was crazy - pretty hard to put into words. — James Bay

My mom is definitely my rock. — Alicia Keys

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control. — David Allen

As the figure moved before him he followed the muscles as they wove beneath the skin. he was not only fighting with an assailant who was awaiting for that split second in which to strike him dead, but he was stabbing at a masterpiece
at sculpture that leapt and heaved, at a marvel of inky shadow and silver light. A great wave of nausea surged through him and his knife felt putrid in his hand. His body went on fighting — Mervyn Peake

Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel. — Ben Shahn

After all, when you think of it, nothing is stronger in the world...and weaker--than a word! — Ivan Turgenev

The gilded sheath of pity sometimes covers the dagger of envy. — Friedrich Nietzsche