Turichi Quotes & Sayings

There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory "style", here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man — George Nakashima

Welcome, old aspirations, glittering creatures of an ardent underneath the holly! We know you, and have not outlived you yet. Welcome, old projects, and old loves, however fleeting, to your nooks among the steadier lights that burn around us — Charles Dickens

Disobedience is a sure recipe for disaster, picking up the pieces is even harder — Kudakwashe Mazendame

I want everybody to succeed. It's just part of who I am. I probably do that with my kids tenfold. I'm as insecure as the next person, but it doesn't ever take me over. — Lisa Rinna

I'm not interested in meeting management today ... I'm more interested in finding out how a person has behaved in the past. — Bruce Berkowitz

A great majority of Terrans were idealists, and they believed fervently in concepts such as truth, justice, mercy, and the like. And not only did they believe, they also let those noble concepts guide their actions - except when it would be inconvenient or unprofitable. When that happened, they acted expediently, but continued to talk moralistically. This meant that they were "hypocrites" - a term which every race has its counterpart of. — Robert Sheckley

Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences. — Desmond Tutu

One prisoner of conscience is one too many. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Meg felt her heart lurch. It bothered her that the twins realized that she hated their brother. The words coming from their innocent mouths sounded so ugly. — Lorraine Heath

This has ever been the fate of energy in security; it takes to art and to eroticism, and then comes languor and decay. — H.G.Wells

Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow