Tofromthe360 Quotes & Sayings

In the Lake Debo region (in Mali, on the Niger), pyramids are also found, and these were dubbed "mounds," as might be expected. This is the usual procedure in the attempt to disparage African values. In contrast, there is the reverse procedure consisting of describing a clay tumulus - a real mound - in Mesopotamia, as the most perfect temple that the human mind can imagine. It goes without saying that such reconstructions are generally mere wishful thinking. — Cheikh Anta Diop

This is one secret in living with the loved one. That is, it doesn't try to change the other party. — Jacques Chardonne

The problem in middle life, when the body has reached its climax of power and begins to decline, is to identify yourself not with the body, which is falling away, but with the consciousness of which it is a vehicle. This is something I learned from myths. — Joseph Campbell

If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist. — John Barth

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. — Brandon Sanderson

Be trustworthy. Steadiness and integrity lead to energetic opening in the other as the blocks in relating dissolve away with deepening trust over time. — John Friend

Faith comes not through pondering but through action. — Tito Colliander

One must keep repeating the Truth. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Nick inherited me. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Girl scouts didn't teach me what to do with emotionally unstable drunk boys. — Stephanie Perkins

Her sister lifted her hands. 'No, I shouldn't. It's a private message for you.'
B'it's for both of us,' she said, and pressed it into Moria's hand. — Kelley Armstrong

In olden times when there was a war, it was a human-to-human confrontation. The victor in battle would directly see the blood and suffering of the defeated enemy. Nowadays, it is much more terrifying because a person in an office can push a button and kill millions of people and never see the human tragedy that he or she has created. The mechanization of war, the mechanization of human conflict, poses an increasing threat to peace. — Dalai Lama

Don't assume, ask. Be kind. Tell the truth. Don't say anything you can't stand behind fully. Have integrity. Tell people how you feel. — Warsan Shire

The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exist — Spencer Johnson

Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics. — Michelle Obama