Vellies Quotes & Sayings

Frivolous they might be, but the people of Ecbatana at least saw that the world was created for their delight, and as they jumped about in the frigid streams and wasted their money in the crowded bazaars, they came closer to living their lives as the Holy One intended than those who were continually apologizing for their unworthiness and trying to avert the wrath of the One who, had they but known, wishes the world only well. — Frederick Buechner

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. — Hans Urs Von Balthasar

It is a duet, and like most duets moreover in that one listens attentively only for the signal which announces the advent of one's own voice. — Henry Miller

I'm not a religious man ... I find I am a fan of science. I believe in science. A humility before the facts. I find that a moving and beautiful thing. And belief in the unknown I find less interesting. I find the known and the knowable interesting enough. — Hugh Laurie

Life is the finest secret. So long as that remains, we must all whisper. — Emily Dickinson

There's an internally recognized beauty of motion and balance on any man-healthy planet," Kynes said. "You see in this beauty a dynamic stabilizing effect essential to all life. Its aim is simple: to maintain and produce coordinated patterns of greater and greater diversity. Life improves the closed system's capacity to sustain life. Life - all life - is in the service of life. Necessary nutrients are made available to life by life in greater and greater richness as the diversity of life increases. The entire landscape comes alive, filled with relationships and relationships within relationships." This — Frank Herbert

My opponent is Peter. — Veronica Roth

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. — Jean De La Fontaine

As communist atheists allowed no place for Jesus in their hearts, I decided I'd leave not the smallest place for satan in mine. — Richard Wurmbrand

Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball. — Tris Speaker

There is serenity and calm under the water's surface. You move easily and glimpse a world you have never seen before. You think of running out of oxygen and the idea of sharks dart out at you. You sense that there is something treacherous hiding behind every reef; no matter how much you explore you won't ever know what it is. — Jerzy Kosinski

But instead of the end, I'm pretty sure I found myself at the start of something. — Daniel H. Wilson