Suzanne Shank Quotes & Sayings

the selfish gladly consoled themselves with the thought that though it was merciful at least it was not liberal; — Karl Polanyi

A wise man once asked me, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I thought for a minute, then I slapped him across the face. That got him off my back. — Matthew Diamond

If our inner life dwindles, if our heart beats slowly before God - we shall not know zeal; — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The way advanced meditation is taught, the way I teach it, the way all enlightened people teach it, is through transference. We transfer light and power to someone else. — Frederick Lenz

Looking down from the heavens, she saw how small, and yet how important each human life is. Drops in the bucket of eternity. She saw her minute place in the organic machine of the Cosmos, witnessed the give and take and the slow, steady swinging of life's pendulum. The world relies on order, pattern, and repetition. The earth spins and swings around the sun with rational, mathematical predictability.

But she also saw the chaotic nature of things. No matter what, you can never know with certainty what will happen. Lightening can strike, the ground can open up and swallow you, and the very air you breathe can tear your life away. — Gwen Mitchell

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time. — Joel Kinnaman

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in. — Caitlyn Jenner

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate. — Amy Winehouse

When an idea is just rising on the horizon, the soul's temperature with respect to it is usually very cold. Only gradually does the idea develop its warmth, and it is hottest (which is to say, exerting its greatest influence) when belief in the idea is already once again in decline. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Love is a flame; - we have beaconed the world's night.
A city: - and we have built it, these and I.
An emperor: - we have taught the world to die. — Rupert Brooke

And you?" she asked. "What happens to you in that scenario?" I die a little each day we're apart. "I ... get by. And I miss you, every day." Every hour, every minute ... every second. — S.C. Stephens

The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it's best to stay focused and be honest with yourself. — Sylvester Stallone

Every solution of a problem is a new problem. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe