Sowells Pine Quotes & Sayings

Six Characters in Search of an Author. — Luigi Pirandello

Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it. — Alan Perlis

The four noble truths: that there is suffering, that it has an origin, that there is a cessation of suffering, and that there is a path to that cessation. — Sid Brown

You meant evil against me," Joseph told his brothers, using a Hebrew verb that traces its meaning to "weave" or "plait." "You wove evil," he was saying, "but God rewove it together for good."

God, the Master Weaver. — Max Lucado

Regrets are for wusses. — Jen Calonita

We're all living in different states and we all have different systems within those states. Even on the most basic personal level, it affects me. — Avey Tare

Do you remember
the summer of the rain...
You must let everything fall that wants to fall. — Karen Fisher

She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. Her mother had died too long ago for her to have more than an indistinct remembrance of her caresses; and her place had been supplied by an excellent woman as governess, who had fallen little short of a mother in affection. — Jane Austen

She'd always found a deep comfort in praying. A profound sense of connection to something infinitely larger than herself. Her atheist friends called it awe in the face of an infinite cosmos. She called it God. That they might be talking about the same thing didn't bother her at all. It was possible she was hurling her prayers at a cold and unfeeling universe that didn't hear them, but that wasn't how it felt. Science had given mankind many gifts, and she valued it. But the one important thing it had taken away was the value of subjective, personal experience. That had been replaced with the idea that only measurable and testable concepts had value. But humans didn't work that way, and Anna suspected the universe didn't either. In God's image, after all, being a tenet of her faith. At first, — James S.A. Corey

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building. — Minoru Yamasaki

Why should I be sad? Everyone has to die. If you have a body, it's too late to cry. It's only funerals I can't stand. — Rachel Klein

Because I want to read your countenance - turn! — Charlotte Bronte

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

No one is alone in their troubles; there is always someone else thinking, rejoicing, or suffering in the same way, and that gives us the stregnth to confront the challenge before us.
Does that include suffering for love?
It includes everything. If there is suffering, then it is best to accept it, because it won't go away because you pretend it is not there. If there is joy, then it is best to accept that too, even though you are afraid it might end some day. Some people can only relate to life through sacrifice and renunciation. Some people only feel part of humanity when they think they are happy.
I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering.
Dont be afraid. The only way to avoid that suffereing is to refuse love. — Paulo Coelho