Toshiharu Shinoka Quotes & Sayings

The Power of the Sign of the Cross The Cross has great power against the enemy for two reasons: the one is that it represents the death of the Savior, who abased and subjugated him, which this proud being hates and fears in the extreme; the other is that the Cross is a brief and powerful invocation of the Redeemer that can be employed on every occasion suitable for prayer. — Francis De Sales

It's all about vanity, isn't it? I think it says something about people if they can't do it — Gwendoline Riley

I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries. — Michael Ian Black

Why do you always wear black?"
"I am mourning for my life. — Anton Chekhov

Tick Lu-Tze patiently adjusted a tiny mirror to redirect sunlight more favourably on one of the bonsai mountains. He hummed tunelessly under his breath.
Lobsang, sitting cross-legged on the stones, carefully turned the yellowing pages of the ancient notebook on which was written, in faded ink, 'The Way of Mrs Cosmopilite'.
'Well?' said Lu-Tze.
'The Way has an answer for everything, does it?'
'Yes.'
'Then...' Lobsang nodded at the little volcano, which was gently smoking, 'how does that work? It's on a saucer!'
Lu-Tze stared straight ahead, his lips moving. 'Page seventy-six, I think,' he said.
Lobsang turned to the page. ' "Because", he read. — Terry Pratchett

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. — Jean Toomer

We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories. — William Howard Taft

Babaji's spiritual state is beyond human comprehension. The dwarfed vision of men cannot pierce to his transcendental star. One attempts in vain even to picture the avatar's attainment. It is inconceivable. — Sri Yukteswar Giri

I think you'll find a significant number of people who decide not to enter competitions because their music just won't fit in that world. — Paul Lansky

Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over & over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else. — Paulo Coelho

95% of everything you do is the result of habit. — Aristotle.