Vernardo Simpson Quotes & Sayings

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the Constitution of our land — Lorenzo Snow

The scent of a flower is a very close and intimate thing, she thought. It can seem to be a part of your body and blood. — Elizabeth Goudge

No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open the refrigerator door and a tub of Kozy Shack tapioca pudding tumbles out and splats open onto the floor, you clean it. You don't stand there and question why it happened, how it was possible. Why doesn't matter now. — Augusten Burroughs

When you desire to gratify your senses, that is material life. And when you desire to serve God, that is spiritual life. That is the difference between material life and spiritual life. Now — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion. — Lisa Bonet

Nothing is distinct and separate. The waves of the ocean arise and have a separate birth, crashing on the shore, but then back into the ocean they go. They never left it. There is no movement in Nirvana. — Frederick Lenz

People do want to know the personal things. How far is too far to go with personal lives? — Mary Hart

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going. — Andrew Mason

Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite. — Huston Smith