Short Funny Nasty Quotes & Sayings

Theosophy occupies a central place in the history of new spiritual movements, for the writings of Blavatsky and some of her followers have had a great influence outside of her organization. ... The importance of Theosophy in modern history should not be underestimated. Not only have the writings of Blavatsky and others inspired several generations of occultists, but the movement had a remarkable role in the restoration to the colonial peoples of nineteenth century Asia of their own spiritual heritage. — Robert S Ellwood

When you come to the end of yourself, you are at that exact moment in the kind of place where you can fully experience the God who is for you. — Rob Bell

Let's not forget it's you and me vs. the problem ... NOT you vs. me. — Steve Maraboli

When he went to college he wrote me letters which I answered within four days. Each letter took at least five drafts before I thought it suitable to send to Cambridge. — Laurie Colwin

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle.

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness ... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. — Blaise Pascal

The most inefficient and self-harming thing a person can do is go out looking for love. Let it find you when the time is right and you're out doing what you love to do. Only then will you find it in its truest form. — A.J. Darkholme

In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism or self-destructive behaviors that result from trauma. Maybe I Will may help some teens know they're not alone. — Cheryl Rainfield

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being. — Friedrich Durrenmatt

When any institution becomes large and compartmentalized, with departments and subdepartments, then the conscience of the institution will often become so fragmented and diluted as to be virtually nonexistent, and the organization becomes inherently evil. — M. Scott Peck

All reading is good reading. And all reading of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens is sublime reading. — Anna Quindlen

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest. — Oscar Wilde

He lay on his back, watching the great river of stars wash across the sky. Worlds above, worlds below. It made him feel very small. And he found comfort in his smallness. The hurts and transience of his life seemed less important when held against the vastness of the universe. — James R. Sanford