Sen Sharma Travels Quotes & Sayings

It is thus that man, with fervent imagination, can endue the rough stone with loveliness, forge the mis-shapen metal into a likeness of all that wins our hearts by exceeding beauty, and breathe into a dissonant trump soul-melting harmonies. The mind of man - that mystery, which may lend arms against itself, teaching vain lessons of material philosophy, but which, in the very act, shows its power to play with all created things, adding the sweetness of its own essence to the sweetest, taking its ugliness from the deformed. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Who you are shapes how you are loved. — Jane Smiley

But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun. — Meher Baba

His head lowers so he's looking in my eyes. I'm completely in love with you. — Mila Ferrera

Excuse is the tool of the incompetent. A monument of nothingness, and those that use it are not wise. — Paul Adefarasin

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake. — Maeve Binchy

When someone you loved finds no flattery in the gift you gave them then you must ask yourself, What was worth loving? — Shannon L. Alder

Jimmy rolled his eyes. 'What problems do you have? You have the perfect family. Your dad is perfect. Your brother and sister aren't pestering you all the time. And your mom never screams at you for anything.'
'That's only because she doesn't know anything. 'He lifted an eyebrow and tilted his head toward his friend. 'It's all in how you play your cards, young Padawan. — Wade Kelly

There may be a soul of the world, there may be ... a psychical side, of which we are not aware, to every atom in the universe, and the psychical side, like the moon, may show us ever but the one face, the other forever in the shadow; but, at best, this is only a conjecture, it presents no solid foundation upon which to rest a theory. — John Grier Hibben

Not every story is true," he said. "Not every rumor is false. — Ridley Pearson

Why are you so determined to destroy yourself?" I say, and my voice is very small.
"I don't know," he whispers back. "Why are you? — Brenna Yovanoff

Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our Nation, will be in great shape for a long time to come as these people continue to grow and assume greater positions of responsibility. — James T. Conway

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician ... — William C. Bryant

One's single greatest strength may be uncovering the hidden talents of another person. — Tom Rath