Volchonok Quotes & Sayings

Human experience, which is constantly contradicting theory, is the great test of truth. A system, built upon the discoveries of a great many minds, is always of more strength, than what is produced by the mere workings of any one mind, which, of itself, can do very little. There is not so poor a book in the world that would not be a prodigious effort were it wrought out entirely by a single mind, without the aid of prior investigators. — Samuel Johnson

I don't care if you make a print on a bath mat, just as long as it is a good print. — Edward Weston

I have found so much joy and so much pride in contributing and being a team member, and then stepping back and watching someone else get the applause. That has been really satisfying in a way that I wouldn't have probably imagined. — Sara Bareilles

The thing about life, is that you never know where you stand. It's almost impossible to place yourself in a position of superiority- not against other people, not against yourself. — Leigh Hershkovich

There are no singular tales. A life in solitude is a life rushing to death. But a blind man will never rush; he but feels his way, as befits an uncertain world. — Steven Erikson

I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with them, I thought it was pretty good company to keep. — Angela Bassett

When hope dies, you breathe it back to life again! No matter how long it takes, or what time's required to heal the wound. Disappointment will not last a lifetime unless you lie down and give in. — Janny Wurts

the American church is a difficult place to fit in if you want to live out New Testament Christianity. — Francis Chan

There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature. — Maria Montessori

This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow. — B.K.S. Iyengar

Life is perhaps lighting up a cigarette
in the narcotic repose between two love-makings
or the absent gaze of a passerby
who takes off his hat to another passerby
with a meaningless smile and a good morning — Forough Farrokhzad

We cry for the hand of God to bring us salvation, but then we seize the voice of God and use it to profess our destructive nature. — J.M. Campos

Charlotte, N.C., 273 Chastity belt, 55 Chaucer, Geoffrey, — Gay Talese

As long as you're alive...
...you can't put life on hold like you can with a game-so that's why...
...those brief respites...
...when you can forget all the bitterness and pain...
they let you take a breath...
...and calm your heart.

If you don't give yourself that kind of time...
...living on just becomes, every so often-it gets to be too painful. — Hotaru Odagiri