Starets Optina Quotes & Sayings

When there's nothing left to lose, and nothing else to prove, I'll be dancing with myself — Billy Idol

After the dustman's compliment, all others are insipid. — Georgiana Cavendish

More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul. — William Blake

I've always approached my career and my life, you know, one day at a time, as if this was the last day that I'm going, because you never know as an athlete and as a dancer. You never know what can happen today, tomorrow. — Misty Copeland

the essence of prayer is not to think a lot, but to love a lot. — Danielle Steel

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact that equality is an ethical and not a biological principle — Ashley Montagu

You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills. — Anatoly Karpov

usual call to quarters. This was part of the daily routine, but on this occasion, with a chase in sight, the preparation and inspection was more than usually rigorous, the captain himself accompanying the first lieutenant round the decks to see that all was in order and ready for action; so that all hands were kept busy till it was time to pipe down the hammocks and set the watch. — R. Austin Freeman

She was a soldier, not some girl twisting her skirts at a village dance. — Scott Westerfeld

For he of all men knew how dangerously stubborn Henry Fitz Empress could be.
There were faint bloodstains upon the tiles in Canterbury Cathedral testifying to that. — Sharon Kay Penman

When you're collaborating with somebody who's got a lot of stuff they haven't worked out yet, you're working out their vision as well. — Sandra Bernhard