Spinozas Concept Quotes & Sayings

I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot. — Bernie Mac

That was why he was the director of the hospital and not a patient, because he thought a lot before making any decisions. — Paulo Coelho

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. — Abraham Lincoln

It takes a certain kind of darkness for the stars to shine. — M. Never

Art is one of the dirtiest words in our language; it's mucked up with all kinds of meanings. There's the art of plumbing; there's the art of almost anything that you can say. — Wayne Thiebaud

Birth in the physical is death in the spiritual. Death in the physical is birth in the spiritual. — Edgar Cayce

If you are an executioner, don't expect to have a friend closer than a gallows! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Contemplative love seeks a heroic deed that can be accomplished without delay and in full view of everyone. Indeed, some people are even ready to lay down their lives as long as the process is not long drawn out but takes place quickly, as though it were being staged for everybody to watch and applaud. Active love, on the other hand, is unremitting hard work and tenacity, and for some it is a veritable science. But — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Remember that a fine education can be found in places other than the usual. — Gabrielle Zevin

The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed down through generations and was taught to me when I was but a little lad. It is now my own song. It belongs to me. This is a holy song (medicine-song), and great is its power. The song tells how, as I sing, I go through the air to a holy place where Yusun (The Supreme Being) will give me power to do wonderful things. I am surrounded by little clouds, and as I go through the air I change, becoming spirit only. — Geronimo

Wild and disrespectful? Who the hell are you anyway? Outsourced help? — Richelle Mead

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you did not know you knew: an insight into one of your opaque characters, a metaphor that startles you ... a truth ... that used to elude you. — Norman Mailer

Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory. — James Lankford