Waisak Day Quotes & Sayings

Now it is quite true to say that curiosity, exactly like its analogue, lust, never ends and is never satisfied; but man was made for something more than this. He was made to rise, above curiosity and lust, to love, and through love to the attainment of truth. — Seraphim Rose

Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling. — Christine Lavin

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending ... when women do better, economies do better. — Christine Lagarde

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength ... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. — Charles Spurgeon

At my age flowers scare me. — George Burns

I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind. — Gyorgy Ligeti

If you take the hard numbers, then science is clearly telling us that we're running out of time. — Achim Steiner

Many people decide to improve their habits, they don't begin by looking where their keys are; they begin by looking in an easy spot. — Gretchen Rubin

Until you experience real loneliness, you shall never know what real loneliness is. So many people feel miserable and lonely just because they ignore their inner man, create a gap between themselves and their inner man, and neglect their true self! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I've told people that I don't see myself living very long. That really upsets them, but I'm just being honest. — Michael Angelakos

If you want to save, put money into superannuation, you will never find a better savings vehicle. — Peter Costello