Sizeable Synonym Quotes & Sayings

God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America, 'He, He, He.' Every time I hear that it's like another blow against females. It's very radical talk at this point for females to say this kind of stuff, but nationwide I still hear females referring to God as 'He.' — Patty Griffin

He had looked at Jude, then, and had felt that same sensation he sometimes did when he thought, really thought of Jude and what his life had been: a sadness, he might have called it, but it wasn't a pitying sadness; it was a larger sadness, one that seemed to encompass all the poor striving people, the billions he didn't know, all living their lives, a sadness that mingled with a wonder and awe at how hard humans everywhere tried to live, even when their days were so very difficult, even when their circumstances were so wretched. Life is so sad, he would think in those moments. It's so sad, and yet we all do it. — Hanya Yanagihara

We've learned that project by project, you can't change millions and millions of lives. — Howard Graham Buffett

Most of us, people live life in extreme. On one extreme some people think they live for eating, on the other some fasting to death. — Girdhar Joshi

When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him. — Dalai Lama

When you teach, you learn." "And I really don't go for religions of any kind ... I reject them all ... There were principles I thought were very important ... — Helen Suzman

The lights burn bright for those who obey; the others will live in shadow all the days of their lives (The Book of Shhh, Psalm 17). — Lauren Oliver

Pre-Socratic philosophy begins ... with the discovery of Nature; Socratic philosophy begins with the discovery of man's soul."3 — William B. Irvine

Real love, you cowardly miscreant, is never intimidated, never frightened and is forever. — Astrid Yrigollen