Tommiland Quotes & Sayings

The creatures who act as though they belong to the world follow the peace-keeping law, and because they follow that law, they give the creatures around them a chance to grow toward whatever it's possible for them to become. That's how man came into being. The creatures around Australopithecus didn't imagine that the world belonged to them, so they let him live and grow. How does being civilized come into it? Does being civilized mean that you have to destroy the world?" "No." "Does being civilized make you incapable of giving the creatures around you a little space in which to live?" "No." "Does it make you incapable of living as harmlessly as sharks and tarantulas and rattlesnakes?" "No." "Does it make you incapable of following a law that even snails and earthworms manage to follow without any difficulty?" "No." "As I pointed out some time ago, human settlement isn't against the law, it's subject to the law - and the same is true of civilization. — Daniel Quinn

When you can no longer think of a reason to continue, you must think of a reason to start over — Linda Poindexter

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else. — Steve Irwin

None of the things one frets about ever happen. Something one's never thought of does. — Connie Willis

He definitely does what a partner is supposed to do, that is, evolve you. — Erykah Badu

I'm creating the kind of games that I like right now. I'm not being held back by technology. — John Romero

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation. — Pope Francis

It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy. — William S. Burroughs

If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control. — Eric Ludy

Like Hagar, I would choose to flee my troubles, but Christ asks me, 'Where have you come from and where are you going?' Like Hagar, I only know what I am fleeing. I remain unable to make sense of God's providence, authority, love, or promises in the snapshot of my trial. Only in the larger story do these things become clear. So I sit in the sand, beneath the starless sky, and wait for my change to come. — Ben Palpant