Snow Villiers Battle Quotes & Sayings

I ate and drank slowly as one should (cook fast, eat slowly) and without distractions such as (thank heavens) conversation or reading. Indeed eating is so pleasant one should even try to suppress thought. Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Every meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger. — Iris Murdoch

They say give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man to fish and he'll get his own show on the Discovery Channel. — Craig Ferguson

Remember, you must never use your position to lord it over the heathen. Instead you must humble yourself and earn their respect though your own quiet faith and the power of the Holy Spirit. The missionary must seek nothing for himself, no seat of honor or hope of fame. Like the cabhorse in London, each of you must wear blinkers that blind you to every danger and to every snare and conceit. You must be content to suffer, to die, and to be forgotten. -Count Zinzendorf — Janet & Geoff Benge

The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them. — Robert Frost

We're big fans of the idea that faith without works is dead. — John Tesh

Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood. — Harriet Lerner

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water. — Elspeth Huxley

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Extend
your arms
in welcome
to the future.
The best
is yet to come! — Anthony De Mello

Those who feel the impulse to pursue the path of enlightenment should immediately take the step, and not defer it while they attend to all the other things on their mind. — Yoshida Kenko

Strange / to wish wishes no longer. / Strange / to see things / that seemed to / belong together / floating in every / direction. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Writers fly with imaginary wings. — Melody Robinette

The Bible is God's book of promises, and, unlike the books of men, it does not change or get out of date. — Billy Graham