Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Quotes & Sayings

A dark shadow rose from the depth of the watercourse. Forced to crawl out of the oceans rolling waves, it struggled against the pull of the undertow. Rising, it moved further up the white sandy beach away from the cold water. The creature collapsed onto the cool sand as the crescent moon above shone on his sleek gray skin revealing two immense leather-like wings protruding from his back. Exhaustion clouded his mind.
The darkness of night was soothing, refreshing. Somehow he knew it would bring him strength and sustenance. The creature watched as a great rolling storm cloud sunk into the salty water before him and he tried to remember why he had come. — Alaina Stanford

In serving others, the church will save itself from becoming nothing more than a spiritualized 501c3 not-for-profit, self-centered corporation, organized for the benefit of donor tax exemption. Serving others will remind us of our identity and call us out from this self-absorbed, selfish world to be the people of God on a journey following his Son, Jesus. — Ronnie McBrayer

When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired. — Pablo Picasso

Joy said she hadn't really understood the meaning of life until Tyffanie had come along, but now she understood it perfectly. Well, great, I felt like saying. Make sure you share the news with Plato and Kierkegaard and all those other philosophers who'd banged their heads against the wall, trying to figure things out. — Wally Lamb

Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair. — Bertrand Russell

...what if everything that we see, everything that seems real - what if it was not real?...What if the stuff that was real was somehow hidden?... [56] — Walter Sorrells

[Chris Langan] told me not long ago. "I found if I go to bed with a question on my mind, all I have to do is concentrate on the question before I go to sleep and I virtually always have the answer in the morning. Sometimes I realize what the answer is because I dreamt the answer and I can remember it. Other times I just feel the answer, and I start typing and the answer emerges onto the page. — Malcolm Gladwell

The difference between Fashion and Style is Quality — Giorgio Armani

We've been hearing this for some time now - Save India from this, save it from that. The fact is that India needs to be saved from the people who say it should be saved. — Saadat Hasan Manto

Some great minds become great by turning the rubble of an exploded paradigm into something consistent and meaningful. Others become great by laying the gunpowder, grain by grain. Every important revolution needs both kinds of minds to complete itself. — Steven Johnson

He who can make distinction in God without number or quantity, knows that the three persons of the Trinity are one God. — Meister Eckhart

Only imbeciles are innocent. — Orhan Pamuk