Tomovic Vladimir Quotes & Sayings

Work isn't only earning a living; work gives us a sense of purpose and worth and opportunities for companionship. — Billy Graham

He had been walking for a long time, ever since dark in fact, and dark falls soon in December.
("The Old House In Vauxhall Walk") — Charlotte Riddell

It is much more important to be oneself than anything else. Do not dream of influencing other people ... Think of things in themselves. — Virginia Woolf

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe anything simply because it is spoken of and rumored by many. Do not believe anything simply because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions simply because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live by it. - Buddha, founder of Buddhism — Habib Sadeghi

Standing within a peat bog in Dingle, you can't help wondering what Ireland was like before you and the other primates scrambled up upon its shores. When viewed from space, did it glow like a furry emerald within a sea of blue, the terrestrial equivalent of a massive marine plankton bloom? We — Hope Jahren

I feel like we're going to see a lot more movies that mix documentary style with fiction, more along the lines of 'District 9.' — Josh Trank

You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony. — Simon R. Green

We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness. — Arthur Schopenhauer

How I love the first snow ... unbroken and white, before it's ruined by footprints. — Scott Snyder

I'm very careful with what I let my ear gate hear on my own. I don't care if I go out and something is playing that I wouldn't put on myself, that doesn't bother me but when I feed off and get nourishment from music, it's through things that are encouraging and lift me up, things that have integrity and purpose and that's what Christian Worship Music is all about. — Christian Hosoi

When the mind is turbulent, uncontrolled and restless, it is like a pond of water that is filled with mud. Therefore when we look within ourselves, all we perceive is the mud of our material conceptions of life. But when the mind is still through discipline, and through yoga, it is like a pond that has no waves and no turbulence. Then we can perceive through that crystal clear water the eternal nature of our soul. — Radhanath Swami

The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly
that and only that, is tragedy. — Edith Hamilton

I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin constant feeling of anxiety that writers have - we're barbecuing hot dogs, riding a bike, sailing out in the bay, shopping for shoes, even helping a sick friend, but somewhere nervously at the periphery of our perception we know we belong somewhere else - at our desk! — Natalie Goldberg

I'm the only one who can accurately tell my story. It's up to me to make it worth reading. — Keisha Elle