Varmora Quotes & Sayings

Is God present or is he absent? Maybe we can say now that in the center of our sadness for his absence we can find the first signs of his presence. And that in the middle of our longings we discover the footprints of the one who has created them. It is in the faithful waiting for the loved one that we know how much he has filled our lives already. Just as the love of a mother for her son can grow while she is waiting for his return, and just as lovers can rediscover each other during long periods of absence, so also our intimate relationship with God can become deeper and more mature while we wait patiently in expectation for his return. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it. — Irving Stone

Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness. — Plato

I try to avoid political ties. — Rick Santelli

Private-sector firms are increasingly active in the prison industry and they and the militantly unionized correctional officers, almost all unskilled labor, constantly lead public demands for more criminal statutes and more draconian penalties. — Conrad Black

Ducks are sweet, crows are intelligent; but I prefer dolphins because they are both sweet and intelligent. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more. — Linda Chavez

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does. — Friedrich Nietzsche

For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed. — J.R.R. Tolkien

We do not necessarily improve with age: for better or worse we become more like ourselves. — Peter Gavin Hall

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we cannot help concluding that it is in every case the source of all that is bright and beautiful -in the visible world giving birth to light and its master, and in the intellectual world dispensing, immediately and with full authority, truth and reason -and that whosoever would act wisely, either in private or in public, must set this Form of Good before his eyes. — Plato

She imagined kisses on her neck and shoulder. Soft, light kisses; sharp, playful nips. Damn. Her imagination came in high-definition. — Mina Khan