Taizong Quotes & Sayings

Somehow proper prayer must put more trust in God's will than in human wants; otherwise failure to get the things we want will force us to doubt either the power of prayer or the ability of God. — Bryan Chapell

People like givers, people want to help givers. I get stuff all the time. — Patch Adams

The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer ... there is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen ... — Teresa Of Avila

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that. — Katherine Anne Porter

THE GAMBLER,THE NUN,& THE RADIO

I thought the pain alone would kill me — Ernest Hemingway,

You three looking for something specific?" Her voice was surprisingly melodious.
"Any sacrificial knives?" Hi raised an index finger. "Nothing too fancy, and I'll need a no-slip grip. Me and the coven have some goats lined up for Saturday's bonfire."
I could've kicked him. I think I tried. — Kathy Reichs

You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn't taken in by superstitions like science and medicine. — George Bernard Shaw

Palatable. Easier to overlook. Forgotten, or at least smoothed into some pearl-like blandness, if not a thing of beauty. — Cherie Priest

HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild - as wild as wild could be - and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him. — Rudyard Kipling

The moral of the story: perceptions are everything. During each moment you are in contact with a customer, you are the organization. — Jan Carlzon