Stephen A. Brennan Quotes & Sayings

It is the rub that polishes the jewel," Enso Roshi says. "Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons. — T. Scott McLeod

The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice. — Laozi

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value. — Oscar Wilde

You snore."
"I don't!"
"Only a little. Very ladylike snores. I found them charming. — Shana Abe

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. — Tom T. Hall

On the roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason. There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked, unbidden. I simply rest, rest within myself, rest within the pure rhythm of my running. And I wait. — George A. Sheehan

Waiting well looks forward to the future while staying present in the present. Waiting well means I remain open to God and allow Him to move me toward the future He has planned, in His time. — Wendy Pope

Everyone laughed, and just like that, the conversation shifted, jumping to another topic. It was fast and furious, the talking, the emotions, the back-and-forth and forth-and-back. I realized that if I tried to focus on it too much, I got overwhelmed. So I just decided to relax into it, bumpy and crazy as it might be, and try for once to just go along for the ride. — Sarah Dessen

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue. — Richard M. Nixon

I used to play too with a boy who played a saxophone. We didn't play no blues, we'd play a lot of love songs - 'Stardust', 'Blue Moon', 'Out Cold Again', 'Sophisticated Lady', 'Stars Fell On Alabama', a lot of different stuff. — David Edwards

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.' — Criss Jami

This misery of a gig called life is just a dream from which we all eventually awaken, he said. Nobody gets left behind. Even the most horrible dreams end. — Jeremy Massey

His chest heaved, and he coughed.
"You have coughed before," his mother said. "It is a sign of weakness. Control it. — Dorothy Dunnett