Tahawiyyah Quotes & Sayings

Each moment is magical, precious and complete and will never exist again. We forget that now is the moment we are in, that the next one isn't guaranteed. And if we are blessed with another moment, any joy, creativity or wisdom it brings will ensue from the way we live in the present one. — Susan L. Taylor

I've always wanted to be an actor, but I didn't know how to become one. — Poorna Jagannathan

Time has become a melding of minutes and months and the feeling of seasons. [ ... ] Leon says it is the Bhutan Time Warp and I know what he means. Time does not hurl itself forward at breakneck speed here. Change happens very slowly. A grandmother and her granddaughter wear the same kind of clothes, they do the same work, they know the same songs. The granddaughter does not find her grandmother an embarrassing, boring relic. — Jamie Zeppa

If an apple was magnified to the size of the Earth, then the atoms in the apple would be approximately the size of the original apple. — Richard P. Feynman

Every one ought to study the Bible with two ends in view: his own growth in knowledge and grace, and passing it on to others. We ought to have four ears,- two for ourselves, and two for other people. My Bible is worth a good deal to me because I have so many passages marked that, if I am called upon to speak at any time, I am ready. We ought to be prepared to pass around heavenly thoughts and truths, just as we do the coin of the realm. — Dwight L. Moody

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people. — Carol Moseley Braun

Anytime you announce your dream; two things happen, it's either it motivates you to get it done or the feeling of accomplishment sets in and discourages you from pursuing it — Bernard Kelvin Clive

People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines. — Natalie Massenet

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity. — Alexander Smith

People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots ... in fact I think they have to be ... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement. — Iain Banks

If one person tells you you're a horse, they're crazy. If three people tell you you're a horse, there's a conspiracy afoot. If 10 people tell you you're a horse, it's time to buy a saddle." The point is that if several people are telling you the same thing, there is probably some truth in it. — Jack Canfield

I am here to give my players the little push they need, just like they needed long ago, when first learning the art of the swing. All you needed then was a little push, and quickly you were pumping away, flying higher and higher, without any more help from the 'coach.' — John Kessel

I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age. — Paul Krugman

Maybe it's the readers that make a book global. — Maaza Mengiste

Blood erupted in great throbbing gouts from a severed artery at the side of his neck. His open windpipe blew clouds of red mist as he struggled to breathe. — Terry Goodkind