Stylites Quotes & Sayings

In Saint Stylites, the famous Christian hermit of old times, who built him a lofty stone pillar in the desert and spent the whole latter portion of his life on its summit, hoisting his food from the ground with a tackle; in him we have a remarkable instance of a dauntless stander-of-mast-heads; — Herman Melville

When it comes to Pakistan, the first word that comes to the mind of the Chinese is 'iron brother.' To us Chinese, Pakistan is always a trustworthy friend who is as solid as iron. Actually, Chinese netizens refer to Pakistan as 'Iron Pak.' This testifies to the strength of China-Pakistan friendship. — Li Keqiang

No one does anything uncharacteristic of who they are. — Richard Bach

All power structures, by their very nature, eventually get taken over by psychopaths. Almost all governments in the world have been taken over by gifted psychopaths who have a great command of human psychology and use normal people to their advantage. This race of pathological deviants can't feel compassion, they have no conscience. They have an insatiable need for power - and they rule the world. — Douglas Preston

Living in filth was regarded by great numbers of holy men, who set an example to the Church and to society, as an evidence of sanctity. St. Jerome and the Breviary of the Roman Church dwell with unction on the fact that St. Hilarion lived his whole life long in utter physical uncleanliness; St. Athanasius glorifies St. Anthony because he had never washed his feet; St. Abraham's most striking evidence of holiness was that for fifty years he washed neither his hands nor his feet; St. Sylvia never washed any part of her body save her fingers; St. Euphraxia belonged to a convent in which the nuns religiously abstained from bathing. St. Mary of Egypt was emninent for filthiness; St. Simon Stylites was in this respect unspeakable - the least that can be said is, that he lived in ordure and stench intolerable to his visitors. — Andrew Dickson White

In Argentina, urban poverty plummeted from 54.7 percent in 2003 to 6.5 percent in 2011, according to government data collected by the U.N. — Naomi Klein

So that was what the blush was for? Because he was admitting he didn't wash his hands? I thought it was like some guy requirement to be dirty most of the time. — Jessica Verday

A tiger does not shout its tigritude, it acts. — Wole Soyinka

Every move,
every sigh,
every moan;
everything
you do
for me
is poetry
from your soul
to mine.
You are
my favorite read. — Kirk Diedrich

Why do people call it settling down when it's a man and finding the right one when it's a woman? — Mary Jane Hathaway

There's a great quote in Gus's house, one that both he and I found very comforting: Without pain, we couldn't know joy. - Hazel Grace Lancaster — John Green

Live in your hopes and not in your fears. — Johnny Majors

We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were. — Lawrence Durrell

Should I remove my soul before I come inside? — Gillian Flynn

Tomorrow comes after the dark — Tupac Shakur

Everyone become a creation of their environment. — Steven Redhead

I had always broken the rules. — Lauren Hutton