Verville Johanne Quotes & Sayings

The question occurred to me: Well, if that's so, if the Divine is ultimately formless and genderless, what's the big deal? Why all this bother?
The bother is because we have no other way of speaking about the Absolute. We need forms and images. Without them we have no way of relating to the Divine. Symbol and image create a universal spiritual language. It's the language the soul understands. — Sue Monk Kidd

The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear. — John Milton

Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible. — Sri Chinmoy

It is what makes us human, what distinguishes us from other animals. We can be aware of being aware. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

When I served as prime minister last time, I failed to prioritize my agenda. I was eager to complete everything at once, and ended my administration in failure. After resigning, for six years I traveled across the nation simply to listen. — Shinzo Abe

Even if I be likened to a rat, I do not care, provided that that particular rat be wanted by you, and be of use in the world, and be retained in its position, and receive its reward. But what a rat it is! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Man, who wert once a despot and a slave, A dupe and a deceiver! a decay, A traveller from the cradle to the grave Through the dim night of this immortal day. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions. — Albert Camus

I promise not to shoot him."
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"today — Rachel Van Dyken

The time has come,the Walrus said, — Lewis Carroll