The Old Willis Place Quotes & Sayings

Testimonies are wonderful. But, so often our lives don't fit our testimonies. — Leonard Ravenhill

The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon
valour. — Livy

She said to the Daisy girl with her big brown eyes: 'I will not have it plain. No. Fancy. It must be fancy!' She meant her future. A moon-daisy dropped to the floor, down from her hair, like a faintly derisive sign from heaven. — Angela Carter

Pain reconciles one to existence. Infinite resignation is that shirt in the old fable. The thread is spun with tears, bleached by tears, the shirt sewn in tears, but then it also gives better protection than iron. The secret in life is that everyone must sew it for himself. — Soren Kierkegaard

There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin

A secret sweeter than the soul can whisper, I shall love you forever. — Brenda J. Webb

As a child, a person builds up an egoic sense - the child has a name, has an "I," has a mind. But then, to awaken, a person needs to completely transcend that sense of ego. — Eckhart Tolle

When he watched TV, all he saw was an image of his own face, with a mysterious empty city in the background. — Lev Grossman

Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal; the shock of beauty is when the irresistible force hits the immovable post. — G.K. Chesterton