Thoughtfully Magazine Quotes & Sayings

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace. — John F. Kennedy

I don't even know what success is. — Simon Taylor-Davis

Bravery is the solution to regret. — Robin S. Sharma

The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ. — Pope John Paul II

When I leave the office on January 20th, I will leave even more idealistic than I was the day I took the oath of office. — William J. Clinton

To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words ... the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language. the world of things we perceive is but a veil. It's flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable. It's silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear
filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

I went to, you know, a church in Chicago, and my mom, of course, was in the choir because my mom was a singer; she used to sing. I wanted to be in the choir as well, and I was like, 'Mom, please, you know, I want to sing in the choir with you guys.' I kept on asking her, and finally I was, you know, in the choir. — Keke Palmer

And always, if he had a little money, a man could get drunk. The hard edges gone, and the warmth. Then there was no loneliness, for a man could people his brain with friends, and he could find his enemies and destroy them. — John Steinbeck

rainwater onto the back of her neck. Her eyes remained defiant. — Anonymous

In my day, there were things that were done, and things that were not done, and there was even a way of doing things that were not done. — Peter Ustinov

In its fear of not being, the mind is attached to name, to furniture, to value; and it will drop these in order to be at a higher level, the higher being the more gratifying, the more permanent. The fear of uncertainty, of not being, makes for attachment, for possession. When the possession is unsatisfactory or painful, we renounce it for a more pleasurable attachment. The ultimate gratifying possession is the word God, or its substitute, the State. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. — Maria Mitchell

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people. — Adam Yauch

People with high levels of self-confidence have the right view of failure, understanding that they are temporary in nature, and mostly transient. They understand that failure not only builds character, but also resilience. People with a low level of self-confidence view failure as fatal, and it stops them dead in their tracks. — Charles Lamont

Understanding does not come through analysis;understanding comes only when the mind is very quite,unburdened,no longer seeking success and therefore being thwarted,afraid of faluire. — Jiddu Krishnamurti