Unrecycled Trash Quotes & Sayings

Our dreams are our precious diamonds; without them, we are endlessly poor. Let us perpetually dream to be overly wealthy! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

How much better to make no vow; then at least when the cord of attraction snaps, we can go free, still defying the lightning in our untarnished pride. — Elinor Glyn

Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming. And in the personality of a man, it is ... how does one say it? Authority without domination? Something like that." Nicholai's imagination was galvanized by the concept of shibumi. No other ideal had ever touched him so. "How does one achieve this shibumi, sir?" "One does not achieve it, one ... discovers it. And only a few men of infinite refinement ever do that. Men like my friend Otake-san." "Meaning that one must learn a great deal to arrive at shibumi?" "Meaning, rather, that one must pass through knowledge and arrive at simplicity. — Trevanian

An immense effect may be produced by small powers wisely and steadily directed. — Noah Webster

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The right to free speech and the unrealistic expectation to never be offended can not coexist. — Philip Sharp

The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but inexperienced, leaders. — Wadah Khanfar

A cup of joy is better than an ocean of pleasure. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I think the media has changed, not just in England but in the world. — Sienna Miller

The days pile up and weigh small decisions down, don't they? That decision not to visit. The first few days slide by easy enough; anger and youth power them along. But then they pile up like unrecycled trash. — Hugh Howey

Life is flowing like a river while you are standing on the bank and busy with everyday life. — Debasish Mridha

Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another; and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with one another. — Dennis Prager