Vastana Quotes & Sayings

What is a tiny insignificant seed that, when Spring arrives, It should not be annihilated for a tree to arrive. — Rumi

I've never hit a man before, and I have to say I'm pleased with my success. — Rebecca Hahn

Leaders are not worried about what they can't do; they know themselves very well and focus on what they can do. Think this way if you are willing to lead! — Israelmore Ayivor

Superiority to fate
Is difficult to learn.
'Tis not conferred by any,
But possible to earn
A pittance at a time,
Until, to her surprise,
The soul with strict economy
Subsists till Paradise. — Emily Dickinson

Although as an individual Gao had readily denounced the Chinese authorities for the events of 4 June in the French and Italian media, he refused to compromise his integrity as a writer. His stance angered both political sides. — Gao Xingjian

"vers libre," (free verse) or nine-tenths of it, is not a new metre any more than sleeping in a ditch is a new school of architecture. — G.K. Chesterton

Imagination is like the drunk man who lost his watch and must get drunk again to find it. — Guy Davenport

On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task. — Matt Groening

We spend most of our life bleeding from a blade that cuts from the inside out. . . I'm tired of bleeding. — Michael Knost

Living in China has made me appreciate my own country, with its tiny, ethnically diverse population of unassuming donut-eaters. — Jan Wong

I try to write about internal experience versus the external self. I like to present ideas, but not package them neatly. — Rebecca Stead