Skazaniec Quotes & Sayings

We don't rise to the level of our abilities, we fall to the level of our excuses — Peter James

Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever newborn; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth. — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

How gracious those dews of solace that over my senses fall At the clink of the ice in the pitcher the boy brings up the hall. — Eugene Field

I think I feel on the whole that something's there trying to get out ... It's sort of trying to get out and wants help. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

A revolution is called for, certainly. But not a political, an economic, or even a technical revolution. We have had enough experience of these during the past century to know that a purely external approach will not suffice. What I propose is a spiritual revolution. — Dalai Lama XIV

Telling a story is like sowing a seed - you always hope to see it become a beautiful tree, with firm roots and branches that soar up in the sky. But it is a peculiar sowing, for you will never know whether your seed sprouts or dies. — Laila Lalami

You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me. — Dustin Clare

Approaching life through '40 Chances' gives reasons to hope and actions to take, and it offers fresh approaches that our world desperately needs. — Howard Graham Buffett

The significance of a revolution will be known after the days have gone past us. When the children of the coming years wake up and like the albatross glide across the azure sky.The freedom to live a life of meaning and joy. — Avijeet Das

We are dust and to dust we shall return. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A number of things in 'Dhalgren' are just meant to function as mysteries. They're mysteries when the book begins, and they're mysteries when the book ends. — Samuel R. Delany

She's still your mother." Meaning no matter what she's done, how much you don't understand her, you will treat her with respect. She's still your mother. — William Shatner

Before dance came into my life, I don't really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything. — Misty Copeland

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises. — Samuel Johnson