Vinokur Svetlana Quotes & Sayings

There is no inherent awakening power in cultural forms that have become dissociated from the wisdom and practicality that gave birth to them. They turn into illusions themselves and become part of the drama of religious culture. Although they can make us happy temporarily, they can't free us from suffering, so at some point, they become a source of disappointment and discouragement. Eventually, these forms may inspire nothing more than resistance to their authority. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

This was beauty too. Was there anything in nature that wasn't? — Kate Atkinson

The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion. — Jonathan Swift

If God has really done something in Christ on which the salvation of the world depends, and if He has made it known, then it is a Christian duty to be intolerant of everything which ignores, denies, or explains it away. — James Denney

No one is moral among the god-controlled puppets of the _Iliad_. Good and evil do not exist. — Julian Jaynes

It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it may be a far harder thing to extract laws over which it has no control. — Arthur Eddington

That was the one advantage of growing old - it let you be nasty with impunity. — Jacob M. Appel

It was informational. About how to perform oral sex on men. You know, one man teaching another. It was really fascinating and I've always wondered about the techniques he discussed - ow. Ow! You're squeezing a little hard, Van Holtz."
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"Well, if you're willing to be my test subject - ack! — Shelly Laurenston

Fear is what makes you come alive, the lure of the unknown - can I do this? - thats where the growth comes from, the pain. I dont remember the running effortlessly; I remember the hard times; adversity breathes transformation. — Scott Jurek

I'm sorry, but any police department in America that tries to function without some form of 'stop and frisk,' or whatever terminology they use, is doomed to failure. It's that simple. — William Bratton

I was unable to tear my eyes away from them as they ripped each other's clothes off. It was two men, no better make that two gods that I must have dreamt up. — Amelia LeFay

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it." — David Morse

Only imbeciles are innocent. — Orhan Pamuk