Universalistic Religion Quotes & Sayings

There is only "now". The better we make now the better our past and future "nows" will be. — Ted Agon

No. She told me she was going to marry him, to get French nationality . . . She was obsessed with getting a nationality... — Patrick Modiano

Because anything is possible with people - even the ones you love, the ones you spend the most time with, even they can hold secrets. — Fiona McShane

The traditional paradigm of parenting has been very hierarchical, the parent knows best and very top down. Conscious parenting topples [this paradigm] on its head and creates this mutuality, this circularity where both parent and child serve each other and where in fact, perhaps, the child could be even more of a guru for the parent ... teaching the parent how the parent needs to grow, teaching the parent how to enter the present moment like only children know how to do. — Shefali Tsabary

It is whispered that death has his kingdom in the solitudes beyond the marshes, and lives in a castle so awful to look at that no one has ever seen it. Also it is told that all the evil things that live in the marshes are the disobedient children of death who have left their home and cannot find their way back again — Bram Stoker

I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. — Emily Mortimer

The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your moves are the strongest. For myself, I claim only to be a knight, advancing in a crooked progress. Do we move ourselves, do you think, or does a great gloved hand place on our squares — Catherine Fisher

Understanding is a two-way street. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I'd prefer people read about Churchill and how he wasn't overwhelmed by Nazi Germany. Amazing; that the morale of a country rested on one person's shoulders. Extraordinary people carried that country through its darkest hours; truly inspirational. I suppose that's my theme. Whether it's a biography or a movie; whether it's fictional or true, I'm inspired by people doing great things. — Larry Ellison

The more morally truthful your life's vision becomes, the more secure your life will become. — John Marino

It is the duty of every generation of writers and artists to find fresh ways of expressing the habitual circumstances of the human condition. To serve up the lukewarm remains of yesterdays dinner is easy, profitable and popular, (for a while). It is also wrong. — Jeanette Winterson

The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound. — Jennifer Lopez