Thornato Quotes & Sayings

WU WEI

flow of Life governed by Tao
flow of change

spontaneous
natural
effortless
acting through non-action

connecting with Earth and Moon and Sun
through
being

not inert or lazy or passive
but swimming swiftly
within the current
merging Life with Tao

quiet and watchful
not-interfering
receptive alert directly connected

acting without action
trusting detached without desire
spontaneous natural effortless
Living — Natasa Nuit Pantovic

I answered the call to heal before I answered the call of duty to my country. My job is to help and heal, not to destroy. — Jesseca Wheaton

given that I'm making decisions that involve so much money and so many people, I can't afford to pretend to know what's up. — Sophia Amoruso

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together. — Margaret Thatcher

I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I do," she protested; "I want to stand on the street corner like a sandwich man, informing all the passers-by. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Wisdom is not a question of learning facts with the mind; it can only be acquired through perfection of living. — Nilakanta Sri Ram

Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great. But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it's like there's no more magic - if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother? — Thomas Bangalter

I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure. — Bryan Ferry

In these random impressions, and with no desire to be other than random, I indifferently narrate my fact-less autobiography, my lifeless history. These are my Confessions, and if in them I say nothing, it's because I have nothing to say. — Fernando Pessoa

America's high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don't just mean that they're broken, flawed, or underfunded, though a case could be made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I mean our high schools-even when they're working as designed-cannot teach all our students what they need to know today. — Bill Gates