Vladiceni Quotes & Sayings

When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable. — Charles Dickens

Auschwitz exists because of politicized science. — Michael Crichton

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. — William Wordsworth

I think, most of us, when we look back over our lives, see perhaps moments when everything was dangerous and precarious. We're making all these mistakes, and yet somehow we make it through. It's the making it through that that interests me. To go through the valley of trouble and come out the other side. That's what we all have to do. — Tom Drury

But you have to remember in life that there's a positive to every negative and a negative to every positive. — Anne Hathaway

I didn't go to Paris until I was a grown-up in 1965. And when I went to Paris, it was the Paris I knew only from American movies. — Woody Allen

Clearly through my tears I see
you striving to cope in this world
not so easy for a tender one
hard to stand with the wind
blowing all around
disheveling your hair
making your eyes squint so you
can't see where you're going. — Susan Love Fitts

All evil is good become cancerous. — Isaac Asimov

With every decision you make in your life, you're going to have some regrets about the way it goes. You just have to chose which set of regrets you can live with the best, and try to minimize the amount of regrets you have. — John Rzeznik

We're in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention. — Sharon Salzberg

My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule. — Tom Cruise

I've seen trans people in movies and TV shows, but judging by how unrealistic and shitty bi characters tend to be, I'm gonna assume I know nothing. So what's okay for me to ask? — Meredith Russo

I suppose being a bit of an antisocial weirdo definitely honed my skills as a soloist. It gave me a lot more opportunities to solo lots of easy routes, which in turn broadened my comfort zone quite a bit and has allowed me to climb the harder things without a rope that I've done now. — Alex Honnold

Something is happening. I sense a change in the wind ... a mutual understanding of each other. I haven't felt this way in forever. — Simone Elkeles

You must look most intimately and discover for yourself; then it is your own, not somebody else's, not something that you have been told, because there is no teacher and no follower. — Jiddu Krishnamurti