Simopoulos Thomas Quotes & Sayings

Just as without silence there could be no sound, you would not exist without the vital formless dimension that is the essence of who you are. — Eckhart Tolle

The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery. — Mahatma Gandhi

I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had. — Kaley Cuoco

Life is just like a book. Only after you've read it do you know how it ends. It is when we are at the end of life that we know how our life ran. Mine, until now, has been black. As black as my skin. Black as the garbage dump where I live. — Carolina Maria De Jesus

Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals, can participate in a relationship that, for the moment, is not of two isolated selves but a union — Rollo May

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing." (Jn 15: 4-5) — Sr. Dr. Vassa Larin

I feel like there's a lot of great writing on television. — Henry Ian Cusick

I will choose what enters me, what becomes
of my flesh. Without choice, no politics,
no ethics lives. I am not your cornfield,
not your uranium mine, not your calf
for fattening, not your cow for milking.
You may not use me as your factory.
Priests and legislators do not hold shares
in my womb or my mind.
This is my body. If I give it to you
I want it back. My life
is a non-negotiable demand. — Marge Piercy

She saw him fracture into rainbow colors through the prism of her love. — Salman Rushdie

I cannot command winds and weather. — Horatio Nelson

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21) — Thich Nhat Hanh

I would like to go to sleep each night by thanking you for being with me,

And wake each morning pleasantly surprised to find you are in my life,

I would like to feel admiration for the littlest things you do, and how,

and how you look others in the eyes, openly, with affection, sparkling but strong.

Forever is not important to me, but this is. — Waylon H. Lewis

When you create space for another to thrive, it always unleashes new energies. — Rob Bell

Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech. — George W. Bush