Wigsbywoodz Quotes & Sayings

That which attracts the world must please and pander to the self-importance of man. The world itself is a vain show, and likes its own. Consequently there is nothing which so carries the mass of men along with it as that which flatters the vanity of the human mind. It may assume the lowliest air, but sinful man seeks his own honour and present exaltation. — William Kelly

On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you.
Evolution is win-win ... life is self-correcting. — Deepak Chopra

Muscat is like a mind-altering drug. A stroll in its streets is like getting drunk for the first time — Sara Sheridan

He talked quite naturally while we ate - about the difficulty of finding words to describe the luminous mist, and why one has the desire to describe beauty.
"Perhaps it's an attempt to possess it," I said.
"Or be possessed by it; perhaps that's the same thing, really. I suppose it's the complete identification with beauty one's seeking."
The mist grew brighter and brighter. — Dodie Smith

It may be that the best time for Otherness has already passed. Clearly part of the basis for this renaissance has been wealth, especially the unprecedented comfort enjoyed by the vast majority of Westerners since World War II, in which very few of us can even conceive of starving — David Brin

God has your best interest! You'll get what He has designed for you. You are going to excel if you follow the path that he has placed in front of you. — Terraine Francois

Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so. — Chiang Kai-shek

If Michael, leader of God's host
When Heaven and Hell are met,
Looked down on you from Heaven's door-post
He would his deeds forget. — William Butler Yeats

Reforms will come as all great reforms have always come in ridding us of evils against both man and animal
not as we change our moral principles but as we discern and accept the implications of principles already held. — Matthew Scully

How different would our perception of reality be if ... we discarded the mundane events that cannot coexist with our dreams? — Robin Hobb

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival. — Russel Honore

In early times, it was easier to control a million people than to kill a million. Today, it is infinitely easier to to kill a million people than to control a million. — Zbigniew Brzezinski

Argentina's like a novel, he said, a lie, or make-believe at best. Buenos Aires is full of crooks and loudmouths, a hellish place, with nothing to recommend it except the women, and some of the writers, but only a few. Ah, but the pampas - the pampas are eternal. A limitless cemetery, that's what they're like. — Roberto Bolano

I ... think it much more supportable to be always alone, than never to be so. — Michel De Montaigne

I've often found myself looking fondly at the Valentine's cultures in other countries. South Korea, for instance - where women must give chocolate to men. — John Niven