Shawshank Redemption Rooftop Quotes & Sayings

Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days. — Nancy Mitford

Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find. — St. Catherine Of Siena

As you live, so you die — Lao-Tzu

Its worth having eyes; if you can see the naked truth. — Srinivas Shenoy

Most men are fragile. — Taraji P. Henson

Mountains dream. But a single dream my last a thousand years. — Kat Ross

In hindsight, I realized I could see into the future. Which is kind of like having premonitions of flashbacks. — Steven Wright

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward. — John Hancock

In my view, philanthropy goes against the grain; therefore it generates a lot of hypocrisy and many paradoxes. Here are some examples: Philanthropy is supposed to be devoted to the benefit of others, but philanthropists are primarily concerned with their own benefit; philanthropy is supposed to help people, yet it often makes people dependent and turns them into objects of charity; applicants tell foundations what they want to hear, then proceed to do what the applicant wants to do. — George Soros

On the side of Mount Calamon a grove of glass flowers grows. The journey there is perilous, and the journey back is more so. — Neil Gaiman

Each one should realize there is nothing in (us) which denies that which (we) desire. — Ernest Holmes

Christ's love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are. — Pope Francis

Spinoza had argued that God, synonymous with nature, was immutable and eternal, leaving no room for chance. Agreeing with Spinoza, Einstein sought the invariant rules governing nature's mechanisms. He was absolutely determined to prove that the world was absolutely determined. — Paul Halpern

I am convinced that in the present time, in spite of the difficulties man has to meet another in a state of oblation, communion and gift of self, there are latent hidden forces in him which can be awakened in order to enable him to discover and live this reality of love and fidelity. In order to really penetrate into this mystery of the union of the couple, it is essential that each one acquire an interior maturity, a maturity that is perhaps rare. I would add that in order to be truly united and to remain truly faithful to one another, the couple must listen and be open to the Spirit of God who has reserved for Himself the science of the heart. The heart of man is satisfied only by the Infinite and to discover this Infinite in union he must open himself to the Spirit of God, a spirit of giving, of receiving. The union between the two spouses can thus deepen to such an extent that they enter in a mystical manner into the very life of God Himself. — Jean Vanier

Meditation is essential because meditation opens the mind to itself. — Frederick Lenz