Sistiana Duino Quotes & Sayings

Consciousness is yours. Conscience is given by the society. — Osho

The excellent fail more often than the mediocre. — Eric Greitens

A copy of Thoreau's Walden ... which Chris has never heard and which can be read a hundred times without exhaustion. I try always to pick a book far over his head and read it as a basis for questions and answers, rather than without interruption. I read a sentence or two, wait for him to come up with his usual barrage of questions, answer them, then read another sentence or two. Classics read well this way. They must be written this way. Sometimes we have spent a whole evening reading and talking and discovered we have only covered two or three pages. It's a form of reading done a century ago ... when Chautauquas were popular. Unless you've tried it you can't imagine how pleasant it is to do it this way. I — Robert M. Pirsig

Guys willing to hold your dick are a dime a dozen; save your hearts for the one who wants to hold your hand. — Diane Adams

I was making the decision ... every time, every single time, I would choose our future over my future. — Cora Carmack

There are no principles, only events. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Perigord

It's better to be interested than interesting. — Jane Fonda

A glance at any human should be enough to dispel any notion that it is the work of an intelligent being. — John Gray

Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil, Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail. — Lord Byron

Don't bait the cougars. — Rachel Caine

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry. — Salman Rushdie

Today's ashes are tomorrow's soil. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Under the weight of my growing self-knowledge, my self-image was sinking fast. — Dan Millman