Shogunate Period Quotes & Sayings

I believe that art has a kind of rightness, as in music, when we hear whether or not a note is false — Gerhard Richter

the big things that make a good speaker: knowledge of what he's going to talk about and an intense desire to tell it to other people. — David J. Schwartz

For one whose thought is tranquil, mastery extends from the most minute particle to the vast expanse. -Patanjali — Barbara Stoler Miller

Dear Lord, please lift me up and heal me. Cast out of my mind all thoughts that are not of You. Cast out of me all harsh and critical nature. Cast out of me all violence and all anger. Cast out of me all demons from my past. For I would be made new. I wish to walk so close to You that we might be as one. — Marianne Williamson

Lord, forgive the times I tried to read your mind. — Keith Green

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly. — Willie Aames

We all burn for what is bad for us ... burn him in return. Maybe then the bastard won't have such a hold over you. — Alice Hoffman

That the past is ahead, in front of us, is a conception of time that helps us retain our memories and to be aware of its presents. What is behind us [the future] cannot be seen and is liable to be forgotten readily. What is ahead of us [the past] cannot be forgotten so readily or ignored, for it is in front of our minds' eyes, always reminding us of its presence. The past is alive in us, so in more than a metaphorical sense the dead are alive - we are our history. — Epeli Hau'ofa

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig. — Alvin Lee

I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved into a stuff sack. Never! Instead, I would run marathons and work out and be in perfect shape and reject the tyranny of the girdle forever. — Susan Orlean

Companies need to understand that the quicker they report product safety problems to CPSC, the quicker we can take action together and protect consumers from injuries. — Hal Stratton

To Travel without moving an inch. — Jhumpa Lahiri

If you make others think, you will be feared. If you disagree with them, you will be disliked. If you condemn them, they will hate you - anything but re-examine their positions and why they hold them. Anything but consider they might be wrong. It is they who insist on being right, not the one who examines even him- or herself. — Robert Peate