Southwark Cathedral Quotes & Sayings

The idea of jiu-jitsu is to give the little guy a chance to beat the big guy. — Royce Gracie

You know nothing about me."

"I know your soul. Everything else is an ornament. — Roshani Chokshi

Every breath I take becomes deeper, and I become more confident of myself without my crutches. The lies I've filled my body and soul with aren't needed anymore. They're not welcome. I choose to live, not just exist. — James Hetfield

She's not ... She's not datin' the skeleton, is she? How would that be even possible, let alone ... nice? He's got no skin, or lips, or ... or nothin'. — Derek Landy

I admire one to my left, the bronze sun is behind him as he falls, silhouetting him, immortalizing him in that singular moment - one I know I shall never forget - so that he looks like a Miltonian angel falling with wrath and glory. His exoskeleton sheds its friction armor, as Lucifer might have shed the fetters of heaven, feathers of flame peeling off, fluttering behind. Then a missile slashes the sky and high-grade explosives christen him mortal once again. — Pierce Brown

One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road. — Ruth Pitter

Just as warm sunlight can, by passing through a lens, turn to fire, so too can love. It's wrong to see it as something that swoops in from the outside. It's because it arises from the feelings we carry inside us that it strikes with such violence, at the moment we least expect. — Sabahattin Ali

When I looked at the addictive qualities of video games and how they captivate people's attention, I decided to try the same technology for enhancing well-being. — Deepak Chopra

She was never something waiting to be solved. All she is - all she's ever been - is a person trying to live a life. — Nina LaCour

Ah. Well, it stands for Freedom From Morality. We don't think healthy amorality happens naturally."
"But you're not amoral," I pointed out. I would trust you to keep your word any time. You don't steal. I've never known you to harm anyone except enemy soldiers in time of war."
He laughed. "I didn't say 'immoral', I said amoral. You really didn't read your guidebook. A person who has a compulsive need to break moral commandments is as much a prisoner as the person who feels bound to obey them. And the human brain is hardwired to produce moral commandments. That is why we think you have to train young people to keep them from developing morality and blocking their pursuit of pleasure. I teach it because --"
"It gives you an outlet for your sadistic urge to confuse children. — John Barnes

Do not seek success just for the sake of succeeding or for self-gratification. Seek a life of impact and significance. — Archibald Marwizi

For truly, the greatest of all external blessings is it to be able to lean your heart against another heart, faithful, tender, true, and tried, and record with a thankfulness that years deepen instead of diminishing, "I have got a friend!" — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik