Virgile Monin Organist Quotes & Sayings

The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm. — Simon Sinek

[T]raveling, a local is shocked to realize that in neighboring countries locals view him as a foreigner; between villages, clans, nations, and classes there are wars, potlatches, agreements, treaties, and struggles that remove the absolute meaning from the idea of the 'other' and bring out its relativity; whether one likes it or not, individuals and groups have no choice but to recognize the reciprocity of their relation. How is it, then, that between the sexes this reciprocity has not been put forward, that one of the terms has been asserted as the only essential one, denying any relativity in regard to its correlative, defining the latter as pure alterity? Why do women not contest male sovereignty? — Simone De Beauvoir

My own feeling is that one should refuse to participate in any activity that implements American aggression - thus tax refusal, draft refusal, avoidance of work that can be used by the agencies of militarism and repression, all seem to me essential. — Noam Chomsky

Good-bye is always hello to something else. Good-bye/hello, good-bye/hello, like the sound of a rocking chair. — George Ella Lyon

We have this sort of false self we portray over the internet. It's a facade of highlights we believe our peers will deem noteworthy. — Chris Matakas

She picked up the phone and dialed Blake's number. His silky hello made her smile.
"You're smiling, right?" His voice was so intimate.
"Of course," she murmured. "Does it still count if you don't see it?"
"It counts when I feel it," he replied. — Debra Anastasia

Are you fool enough
To love me despite?
Or love me because of,
My bruises and all.
Graciella Jayne — Michael Grant

A well-paid slave is nonetheless a slave. — Curt Flood

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity. — Mohsin Hamid