Widdop Modern Quotes & Sayings

when people ask me what I believe now, I don't want to weigh them down with "I'm a Unitarian Universalist Neo-Pagan scientific pantheist humanist who practices Buddhist insight meditation (Vipassana)," even though that's the truth. Sometimes, however, I have the personal need to privately unpack these labels which usually blend seamlessly in my daily life in order to get a better sense of who I am and where I'm going on this spiritual journey. — John Halstead

He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask amiss. — George MacDonald

I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath. — M. F. Husain

I'm afraid we were so eager to avoid war, we've made it all but certain. — Brent Weeks

Knowledge and courage contribute in turn to greatness. Since they are immortal, they immortalize. You are as much as you know, and a wise person can do anything. A person without knowledge is a world of darkness. Judgement and strength, eyes and hands; without courage, wisdom is sterile. — Baltasar Gracian

I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card. — Alice Sebold

With the frenzied pace in our own country, with the degenerating school system, with a crime rate that rises 30% a year, and with politicians that seem more interested in posturing than in governing, it has become more difficult, or should I say challenging, to achieve that inner symbiosis with life. — Frederick Lenz

You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself. — Eric San

Sometimes I get to where I feel like I'm the only one getting it in the shorts in this life, you know? — Craig Johnson

You know, I'm not actually comfortable being an asshole to women." "Really?" I say, biting the corner of my lip to keep from smiling. "But you do it so well. — Kristen Callihan