Xunzi Confucianism Quotes & Sayings

With respect to relationships within the church, the leader is to be above reproach. Detractors should not have a rung to stand on. If a charge is preferred against him, it fails because his life affords no grounds for reproach or indictment of wrongdoing. His adversary finds no opening for a smear campaign, rumor mongering, or gossip. — J. Oswald Sanders

The future is of greater interest to me than the past, since that is where I intend to spend the rest of my life. — Albert Einstein

She misses her balcony more than anything. You're never quite alone when you and stand on a balcony - you have all the cars and houses and the people in the streets. You're among them, but also not. That's the best thing about balconies. — Fredrik Backman

Do you know its meaning, Caladan?'
'Pur Rakess Calas ne A'nom. Roughly, Strength in Standing Still.'
'A'nom', said the Son of Darkness, frowning.
'Perhaps,' the Azathanai said, 'as a babe, you were quick to stand.'
'And Rakess? Or Rake, as you would call me?'
'Only what I see in you, and what all others see in you. Strength.'
'I feel no such thing.'
'No one who is strong does. — Steven Erikson

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not. — Bill Gates

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. — Nelson DeMille

Slim and curving sickle of the moon — Cameron Dokey

I need some time to myself by myself! There must be time for thought and music and peace and solitude! Also: No one can keep a creative house and work every day from nine to five. Can't be done, folks. Ain't no way. — Pearl Cleage