Vellios School Quotes & Sayings

Reason is His voice, His interior prophet, in our souls. We call that prophet conscience. (St. Thomas used two terms for it: "synderesis" was the awareness of its reality and truth and authority and rules, and "conscience" was the application of it. We use "conscience" for both.) Conscience is essentially the power of reason to know good and evil. — Peter Kreeft

Leaving millions dead or dying in your wake." The Unicorn nodded. "Billions, if all goes well. The survivors will need a leader. — Bryan Fields

The one thing you share with every mortal is death. — Anne Rice

You can't get a personal computer to work without Windows (this is under the assumption you can actually get Windows to work). — Steven B. Green

Ninety-seven percent of the CEOs of the Fortune 500 are white men, and what they do radiates all the way down into poor areas and cities around our country. Like predatory lending and misallocation of municipal services. These guys get municipal service, poor areas don't. So they run the economy into the ground, and who suffers the most? The poor pay more and they die earlier. — Ralph Nader

The pawn is the soul of chess. — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

Fitz Allen had 'traveled;' and that is generally understood to mean to go abroad and remain a period of time long enough to grow a fierce beard, and fierce mustache, and cultivate a thorough contempt for everything in your own country. — Fanny Fern

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do. — Howard Dean

Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us. — B.K.S. Iyengar

Is there somebody out there? Amy, is that you?" her mother called.
"No. Tell me this isn't happening." Quinn rested his forehead against hers. "Has she got a wiretap on you or something? I swear, she's like a walking hard-on detector."
Amy bit her lip, trying not to laugh. Quinn levered himself up on his arms.
"Mrs. P., if you value your life, you'll go back inside and turn off the light right now. — Sarah Mayberry

Susan had told him once that bravery was when you wanted to pee your pants, but you kept fighting — Dan Krokos

The more we are concerned for the well being of others, the closer we will feel to each other. — Dalai Lama

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else. — Orison Swett Marden

If you live with love ... You will love living. — Anthony D. Williams

Irish novelist John Banville has a creepy, introverted imagination. — Floyd Skloot