Soyka Wiem Quotes & Sayings

If we feel that any habit or pursuit, harmless in itself, is keeping us from God and sinking us deeper in the things of earth; if we find that things which others can do with impunity are for us the occasion of falling, then abstinence is our only course. Abstinence alone can recover for us the real value of what should have been for our help but which has been an occasion of falling ... It is necessary that we should steadily resolve to give up anything that comes between ourselves and God. — William Ralph Inge

He used to think things like, This organic soymilk will make me healthy and that'll make my brain work better and that'll improve my writing. Also things like, The less I eat the less money I spend on publicly owned companies the less pain and suffering will exist in the world. Now he thinks things like, It is impossible to be happy. Why would anyone think that? — Tao Lin

about 40 million Chinese, a tenth of the country's population, were opium addicts. — Yuval Noah Harari

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating. — Marilyn Vos Savant

I can assure you that next to my bed, there is always a copy of the Dharmapada which I read from every night. — Frederick Lenz

You can endure all things by grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical engineers were fettered to factories and drafting boards while pilots have the freedom of wind with the expanse of sky. There were times in an aeroplane when it seemed I had escaped mortality to look down on earth like a God. — Charles Lindbergh

The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we came from the same place, play for the same club and were discovered by the same man — Norman Whiteside

When you're young, you say what you feel.
When you're adult, you speak what you think.
When you grow old, you listen to what nature says. — Toba Beta

You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. — Rumi

Less than a year and a half ago, the guy was crawling around in the muck in some foreign country as an Army Ranger. Even though he was recruited by the army for his mad computer skills, it was a bullet in the shoulder and chest he took saving someone in his squad that brought him home for good. The brother is damn lethal. — Katie McGarry