Vinaya Pitaka Quotes & Sayings

There are children on the island who go barefoot all summer and wear feathers in their hair, the Volkswagen vans in which their parents arrived in the '70s turning to rust in the forest. Every year there are approximately two hundred days of rain. There's a village of sorts by the ferry terminal: a general store with one gas pump, a health-food store, a real-estate office, an elementary school with sixty students, a community hall with two massive carved mermaids holding hands to form an archway over the front door and a tiny library attached. The rest of the island is mostly rock and forest, narrow roads with dirt driveways disappearing into the trees. — Emily St. John Mandel

Our perception is our window to the world, and we need to wipe the dust off of our window often so we can continue to see through it clearly. — Joseph P. Kauffman

The love of popularity holds you in a vice. — Juvenal

We are a strong democratic country. — Aleksander Kwasniewski

A good rule of thumb is to assume that everything matters. — Richard Thaler

There is no growth without pain. No life without suffering. — Cynthia Eden

Don't try to be good at everything, don't spread yourself so thin that you accomplish nothing; rather, pick a few things and do them well. Excel in those areas and you'll excel in life. — Rachel Van Dyken

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Bruce Barton — Bruce Barton

I like to have glasses for day and night. — Brad Goreski

A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God. — LeCrae

For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I wonder why some people seem to be born knowing what they want to do with their lives and others - mostly me - have no idea. — Kasie West

When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.' — Ronald Reagan