Vicentina Quotes & Sayings

History is made by those who see beyond what already exists.
They see all the things that don't yet. — Natasha Tsakos

The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight. — William Cowper

Society's double behavioral standard for women and for men is, in fact, a more effective deterrent than economic discrimination because it is more insidious, less tangible. Economic disadvantages involve ascertainable amounts, but the very nature of societal value judgments makes them harder to define, their effects harder to relate. — Anne Wilkes Tucker

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens. — Ai Weiwei

The down cycle is absolutely essential for spiritual realization. You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the spiritual dimension. Or perhaps your very success became empty and meaningless and so turned out to be failure. Failure lies concealed in every success, and success in every failure. In this world, which is to say on the level of form, everybody "fails" sooner or later, of course, and every achievement eventually comes to naught. All forms are impermanent. — Eckhart Tolle

Yet we must try the harder, the less the prospect of success. — Henry David Thoreau

I'm not really a chicken-patty kinda girl, I said. — Rhoda Janzen

Love yourself to fill your heart with kindness.
Then love others to fill the world with happiness. — Debasish Mridha