Troitsky Monastery Quotes & Sayings

- I had a good classical education, and a positive distaste for business of any kind; that was the capital with which I faced the world [ ... ] I reflected, then, on my want of prospects, and I determined to embark in literature.
- Really; that was strange. You seem to be in pretty comfortable circumstances, though. — Arthur Machen

Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time. — Jorge Amado

The United States is holding hundreds of suspected terrorists in prisons at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Many are locked up indefinitely. They have not been tried or even charged with any crime. — Stephen Kinzer

Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after youve done that, dream bigger. — Howard Schultz

Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas are bad ones. — P. J. O'Rourke

Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by infamy, had better leave the ministry of the Word. — Martin Luther

Don't you want me to kiss you goodbye, sweetie?"
"Kiss a cow farm boy — Nora Roberts

Certain loves can't be fought. The harder you tried, the harder you would be knocked back, over and over again, until it beat you into submission, until your heart caved and body surrendered. Love like that didn't know the rules of society; it didn't care about life mistakes. It only knew what must be, and what would happen - no matter what. — Alessandra Torre

The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?' — Ariel Gore