Siaga Buddha Quotes & Sayings

Had he read that first letter, he imagined he would have come for her sooner. After reading the next, he would have been waiting outside the gates of her keep like a besotted fool and carried her off at the first hour possible. By the time he read her sixth letter, he was certain of it. — Suzan Tisdale

One man and a dozen fools would govern better than one man alone. — Ben Chifley

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only
to retire
and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing. — Candace Bushnell

His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath. — Duff Green

I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything. — Ernestine Rose

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains. — Diana Ross

Oh, you eat cats in Cork now, do you? — Anonymous

I get it,' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?'
If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if I give you a cigarette would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth? — Terry Pratchett

I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment. — Seamus Heaney

The world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane. — Paulo Coelho

There seems to be no limit to the exciting possibilities that come from combining technical innovations, the Internet, and social media. — Mohamed El-Erian

The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play). — Michel Foucault

We may not use the sword to advance the church's mission anymore, but the sword is no longer the predominant instrument of cultural power and influence. Today the church emulates the methods of corporations and business, and many of us never pause to ask whether such tactics are consistent with the ways of Christ. — Skye Jethani

Visual cortex is fundamentally a machine whose job is to generate a model of the world. — David Eagleman