Stourton House Quotes & Sayings

Yeah, that's what they claim...we'll accept you so long as you don't go out and get laid. Sucker you into a good ol' feeling of acceptance and then kick you harder and harder in the balls as they try and wean you off of your desires. I believed I could convince a dog to turn into a cat. — James Buchanan

Here's an experiment: For one whole day think, speak, and act exactly as you would if you were absolutely convinced of the truth of the statements that God has all power and infinite intelligence, and that His nature is infinite goodness and love. To think in this manner all day will be the most difficult thing, because thought is so subtle. To speak in accordance with these truths will be easier, if you are vigilant. To act in accordance with them will be the easiest part, although it may require much in the way of moral courage. — Emmet Fox

Only when there are many people who are pools of peace, silence, understanding, will war disappear. — Rajneesh

Billy switched on a floor lamp. The light from the single source threw the baroque detailing of Montana's body into sharp relief. Billy was reminded of fantastic architecture in Dresden, before it was bombed. — Kurt Vonnegut

Be polite.
Be persistent.
Be patient.
Be prudent. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The truth was that in the end, sad felt better than rage - a lot better. But rage came easier. Sad felt like the world was ending. (150) — Monica Holloway

The laws of this world are for children. — Frank Wedekind

Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others. — Mencius

The longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all have of God's grace. — Elizabeth Prentiss

He was moving through a new order of creation, of which few men had ever dreamed. Beyond the realms of sea and land and air and space lay the realms of fire, which he alone had been privileged to glimpse. It was too much to expect that he would also understand. — Arthur C. Clarke

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large. — Winston Churchill

This was what happened when perfect cracked and splintered. This was what happened when your life fell apart. — Chanel Cleeton