Tansy Flower Quotes & Sayings

One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus who, just because they had developed a philosophical discourse, were considered philosophers. Rather, every person who lived according to the precepts of Chrysippus or Epicurus was every bit as much a philosopher as they. — Pierre Hadot

When you face a great problem in life, don't get scared. Consider it a great adventure. Ultimately it will shape your life with charm. — Debasish Mridha

None are happy but by anticipation of change. — Samuel Johnson

So, whatever it is that's stopping you
from being with me, like we both know what you want, then fight it, babe, because I can't be without you a moment longer. — Samantha Towle

From HOUSEKEEPING, by Marilynne Robinson: There is remembrance, and communion, altogether human and unhallowed. For families will not be broken. Curse and expel them, send their children wandering, drown them in floods and fires, and old women will make songs out of all these sorrows and sit in the porches and sing them on mild evenings. Every sorrow suggests a thousand songs, and every song recalls a thousand sorrows, and so they are infinite in number and all the same. — Marilynne Robinson

When the British retreated after a skirmish in the revolutionary war, American troops found Masonic regalia and a book of constitutions left in the encampment the British had abandoned. General Washington himself returned the Masonic artifacts to the British troops, under a flag of truce, accompanied by an escort and a guard of honor. — Steven L. Harrison

The soul is a mystery. Scientists and Theologians constantly butt heads on the soul's definitive and can't come to grips with its purpose and actual existence. Yet, the basic framework taught in a High School physics class helps with an explanation of the latter - the existence of the soul. — H.D. Rennerfeldt

Virtue signaling can best be explained as the devotion of a person's entire existence to explaining how wonderful they (and their friends) are, and how terribly wrong everyone else is. The point of virtue signaling is to demonstrate superiority, for the purpose of consolidating power, prestige and financial reward. The culture of social justice is set up to reward the loudest and best complainers and to punish anyone that stands against them. — Milo Yiannopoulos

Deconstruction insists not that truth is illusory but that it is institutional. — Terry Eagleton

The pleasantest hours of our life are all connected...with some memory of the table. — Charles Monselet

Not exactly,' Richter said. 'We're going to attack an armed road convoy and seize a nuclear weapon that the Russians are trying to deliver to London.'

'Fuck a duck,' Colin Dekker said, and sat down. — James Barrington

I believe in magical things happening and spiritual goings on. Sometimes the most mundane things can surprise you and be magical. — Rae Morris

I don't really know how I grow. I can only see the changes when I look at the films. — Kim Ki-duk

Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality. — Wassily Kandinsky