Solidement Contraire Quotes & Sayings

Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Intelligence is in constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant alertness in observing consequences, an open-minded will to learn, and courage in readjustment. — John Dewey

Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum - there are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain — Plautus

In the economy of Heaven, God does not send thunder if a still, small voice is enough, or a prophet if a priest can do the job. — Neal A. Maxwell

a woman with young children is not a woman but a mammal, salve, croon, water carrier — Rachel Zucker

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past. — Daisaku Ikeda

My heart flutters with anticipation. If this was just the appetizer, dinner might damn near kill me. He — Michelle A. Valentine

Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax. — Barbara Taylor Bradford

So, if someone like Richard Dawkins indignantly protests that his passion about these sorts of things -- the passion that drives the "God Delusion" -- should not be taken as a religious passion, I am happy to accept that. I do nevertheless think that often Dawkins and company show the sociological characteristics of the religious. This comes across particularly in what Freud calls the narcissism of small differences, the hatred of those who are close to them but not quite close enough. Just as evangelicals can differ bitterly over the true meaning of the host, so the New Atheists loathe people like me who (like them) have no religious belief but who think that science as such does not refute religion.
[Is Darwinism a Religion? - Michael Ruse] — Michael Ruse

I haven't seen much correlation between good trading and intelligence. Some outstanding traders are quite intelligent, but a few aren't. Many outstanding intelligent people are horrible traders. Average intelligence is enough. Beyond that, emotional makeup is more important. — William Eckhardt

Look at him." The Autarch glanced back at the captive as he spoke. He's got seconds left to live. But the leech gave him a taste and he wants it back again."
"A taste of what?"
"Of the womb, Rosengarten. He said it was like being in the womb. We're all cast out. Whatever we build, wherever we hide, we're cast out. — Clive Barker