Uddika Premaratne Quotes & Sayings

The other thing I know now, is that we survive grief merely and surely by outlasting it. The ongoing fact of the narrative eclipses the heartbreak within. A deal that seems to be the price we pay for getting to hold on to our beloved dead. — Gail Caldwell

If humans had nothing to fight for, they would fight for nothing. — Craig Stone

Is it not important to find out how to listen not only to what is being said but to everything - to the noise in the streets, to the chatter of birds, to the noise of the tramcar, to the restless sea, to the voice of your husband, to your wife, to your friends, to the cry of a baby? — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a part of your life without being something that earns. — Tina Weymouth

Just as the only reservoir for the typhus virus in nature is provided by man, so the only vector of infection is the louse. The bite of the louse is not virulent immediately after the infecting meal. It becomes so only towards the 7th day following infection. — Charles Jules Henry Nicole

An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. — Richard Bach

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families. — Joyce Maynard

Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo.
I was not, I was, I am not, I don't care. — Rabih Alameddine

Failure is an absolute prerequisite for success. You learn to succeed by failing. — Brian Tracy