Suttas Adalah Quotes & Sayings

One is not unpopular because he uses peculiar expressions; that just so happens; such terms become a fad, and by and by everybody, down to the last simpleton, uses them. But a person who follows through an idea in his mind is, and always will be, essentially unpopular. That is why Socrates was unpopular, though he did not use any special terms, for to grasp and hold his 'ignorance' requires greater vital effort than understanding the whole of Hegel's philosophy. — Soren Kierkegaard

The superb use the mind as mirror, not welcoming nor rejecting, reflect without hiding, and triumph without harming. (Chuang Tzu) — Sung Yee Poon

In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference. — Gordon B. Hinckley

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency. — Rodney Stark

We will be a country of generosity and warmth. But we will also be a country of law and order. — Donald Trump

It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic. — Marshall McLuhan

He should avail himself of their resources in such ways as to advance the expression of the spirit in the life of mankind. He should use them so as to afford to every human being the greatest possible opportunity for developing and expressing his distinctively human capacity as an instrument of the spirit, as a centre of sensitive and intelligent awareness of the objective universe, as a centre of love of all lovely things, and of creative action for the spirit. — Olaf Stapledon

Every city has a sex and age which have nothing to do with demography. — John Berger

Sexual difference is probably the issue in our time which could be our 'salvation' if we thought it through. — Luce Irigaray

Braveness is resistance to concern, mastery of panic - not absense of anxiety. — Mark Twain

It's an honor when someone writes for you. That means they can hear your voice in their head. — Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I have never written a musical. I have never written a weird, interactive piece of theater. I wanted to do something that would be disturbing. It will be disturbing theater with songs. There will be no people on wires. That's probably the next one of those things on my bucket list of things that I need to write before I get hit by that car. — Neil Gaiman

The universe will always remove what is no longer serving you. — Gabrielle Bernstein

The fictioneer labors under the constraint of plausibility; his inventions must stay within the capacity of the audience to accept and believe. God, of course, working with facts, faces no limitation. — Donald E. Westlake