Vernation Quotes & Sayings

There should be a readiness, on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of this religion, if it be found to be of divine origin. — Simon Greenleaf

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue — Samuel Adams

There's a kind of immediacy that comes with being constantly connected that I don't really relate to in my generation. — Adam Driver

I'm about to start working with a singer I met on my last trip: she'll get international exposure, and I'll have a song out in that market sung in Cantonese. — Paul Oakenfold

This happens to me: I have this great idea and then I make the mistake of telling someone else. — Scott Adams

I haven't seen angels, but I am sure they are not as beautiful as you are. — M.F. Moonzajer

Reckoned physiologically, everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect of the ugly can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever man feels in any way depressed, he senses the proximity of something ugly. His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride - they decline with the ugly, they increase with the beautiful. — Friedrich Nietzsche

When you prick a person with a needle, red blood comes out - that's the real world, — Haruki Murakami

As Christ is the blossom of humanity, so the blossom of every man is Christ perfected in him. — George MacDonald

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied. — Frank Herbert

The same energy not allowed to move becomes stagnant, stale, creates sadness — Rajneesh

You're great at fixing things. If anyone could do it, you could. But you can't do this one. You can't fix me. I'm broke. — Lili St. Crow

Traditional Muslims stand at the foot of the ladder, living in guilt for not really practicing Islam. At the top are fundamentalists, the ones you see in the news killing women and children for the glory of the god of the Qur'an. Moderates are somewhere in between. A moderate Muslim is actually more dangerous than a fundamentalist, however, because he appears to be harmless, and you can never tell when he has taken that next step toward the top. Most suicide bombers began as moderates. — Mosab Hassan Yousef