Shahida Parides Quotes & Sayings

The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have no forbearance. The fire burns, the water drowns, the air consumes, the earth buries. And perhaps it would be well for our race if the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Man were as inevitable as the punishment of crimes against the Laws of Nature -were Man as unerring in his judgments as Nature. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I think social media really is a great tool. It fascinates me when I tweet something and right away you get a response almost immediately. — Mario Andretti

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do. — Ivan Turgenev

Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come. Take thy farewell, poor world! Heaven must go home ... — Richard Crashaw

Give me a hidden eddy
a residence free from dust and noise
paths of newly trampled grass
clouds above for neighbors
birds to help me sing
no one asking for sermons
springtime for this Saha tree
nowadays lasts how many years — Han-shan

Assuming is a form of giving away your power to another regarding an outcome that concerns you. — Molly Friedenfeld

The spirit of sarcasm lives and thrives in the midst of universal wreck; its balls are enchanted and itself invulnerable, and it braves retaliations and reprisals because itself is a mere flash, a bodiless and magical nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel

It makes me sad when I find sisters who aren't joyful. They might smile, but with just a smile they could be flight attendants! — Pope Francis

Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities. — Cat Stevens

The Tippoo's life seemed charmed. He stepped in blood, but none of it was his and it seemed as though he could not die, but only kill, and so he did, cold-bloodedly, deliberately, exultantly defending his city and his dream against the barbarians who had come to snatch his tiger throne. — Bernard Cornwell

I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never. — Malcolm Gladwell

On every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone. — Robert Gordis

I trust God to carry me no matter the outcome. I trust that he has led us here and that he will either fulfill my hopes or repair my broken heart. — Kelsey