Spomeniks Quotes & Sayings

We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. — Iris Murdoch

That love, which is the highest joy, which is divine simplicity itself, is not for you moderns, you children of reflection. It works only evil in you. As soon as you wish to be natural, you becomecommon. To you nature seems something hostile; you have made devils out of the smiling gods of Greece, and out of me a demon. You can only exorcise and curse me, or slay yourselves in bacchantic madness before my altar. And if ever one of you has had the courage to kiss my red mouth, he makes a barefoot pilgrimage to Rome in penitential robes and expects flowers to grow from his withered staff, while under my feet roses, violets, and myrtles spring up every hour, but their fragrance does not agree with you. Stay among your northern fogs and Christian incense; let us pagans remain under the debris, beneath the lava; do not disinter us. — Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. We can be sure that whoever sneers at her name as if she were the ornament of a bourgeois past
whether he admits it or not
can no longer pray and soon will no longer be able to love. — Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend. — Confucius

Gregg Braden is a rare blend of a scientist, visionary, and scholar, with the ability to speak to our minds, while touching the wisdom of our hearts. — Deepak Chopra

People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?' — David Sedaris

Talk with your feet. Play with your heart. — Derrick Adkins

Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment. — Mahavatar Babaji

My grandfather had been a well-known judge in Berlin. — Arnon Goldfinger

Awareness of the sacred in life is what holds our world together, and the lack of awareness of the sacred is what is tearing it apart. — Joan D. Chittister

Today you are the youngest you will ever be, so be bold. — Debasish Mridha

I'm trying to be a better person and I'm pretty sure that even when I die, I won't be done with that. — Sara Benincasa

Music is a secret and unconscious mathematical problem of the soul. — Gottfried Leibniz

I couldn't wait to meet his cherry-popping, cougar pimp landlady again. Said no one ever. — Linda Kage