Truth2power Blog Quotes & Sayings

Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. — Sun Tzu

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained — Idries Shah

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus. — Michael Kiwanuka

People say that it's the big decisions that are important ... that these are the type of issues worthy of prolonged consideration. But no one ever explains how it's the little choices that send your life careening in another direction. — Julie Gittus

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them — Mother Teresa

If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change. — Kathleen Norris

When almost half a lifetime has been spent in one conception of order, reorientation is no five-minute business. — John Wyndham

So long as there are poor, - I am poor, - So long as there are prisons, - I am a prisoner, - So long as there are sick, - I am weak, - So long as there is ignorance, - I must learn the truth, - So long as there is hate, - I must love, - So long as there is hunger, - I am famished. - Such is the identification Our Divine Lord would have us make with all whom He made in love and for love. — Fulton J. Sheen

I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments. — Adam Savage

A young man in Bangladesh can't even hold hands with a young woman. Without marriage there is no kissing, no holding hands, no going anywhere. So young boys can only go to the brothels for sex before marriage. — Michael Glawogger

The story of Little Blue Riding Hood is true. Only the color has been changed to prevent an investigation. — Stan Freberg

You know, the first two, I probably should've seen coming. The leprechaun costume? Not so much. — Rich Burlew

My education in the public schools of New York City between 1932 and 1944 was an excellent preparation for a life in science. Because of the Depression, these schools were able to attract a remarkably talented and dedicated collection of teachers who encouraged their students to strive for the highest levels of accomplishment. — Robert Fogel

Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges. — Margaret J. Wheatley