Shintaku Ryokan Quotes & Sayings

And so it happened again, the daily miracle whereby interiority opens out and brings to bloom the million-petalled flower of being here, in the world, with other people. Neither as hard as she had thought it might be nor as easy as it appeared. — Zadie Smith

The media's job is to question a premise. — Joey Skaggs

The practice of the Christian life consists of the discernment of (the seeing and hearing), and the reliance upon (the reckless and uncalculating dependence), and the celebration (the ready and spontaneous enjoyment) of the presence of the Word of God in the common life of the world. — William Stringfellow

There is a terrible weight in all kinds of beauty — Joyce Carol Oates

Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy. — John Jay Hooker

Sara reached over and rubbed Holly's arm for a moment. Then she pulled back and asked, "Have you ever heard the Christmas song, Mary, Did You Know?" Holly looked up, into her friend's clear blue eyes. She shook her head and Sara continued. "It's a beautiful song about the Savior's mother, Mary. The singers ask if when she held baby Jesus, if she knew what His life would be like or that He would be her Savior and the Savior of the world. I think every mother is like Mary. Not in the fact that we gave birth to the Savior, but that when we have a child, we never know what his future holds, how he'll change our lives or someone else's life. — Danyelle Ferguson

In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist. — Bruce Nauman

Our leaders are the finest men, that's whey we elect them again and again. — Tom Paxton

What's important for my daughter to know is that ... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well. — Kamala Harris