John Quotes
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
this is the rough part, okay? so just stay tuned for the good part. i promise it'll come soon.
I wondered then why children played so in the river, but adults ceased to see it with the same eyes. Why couldn't we embrace such simple joys?
What makes a man's 80 year-old Irish uncle skip like a little boy? "Me Father is very fond of me!
True joy, as it turns out, comes only to those who have devoted their lives to something greater than personal happiness.
The number one joy indicator, the one thing that will predict whether someone feels joy in their life or not, is the practice of gratitude.
Beneath the rust and grime which dulls the shine of our weathered hearts, joy patiently waits to be rediscovered
There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.
If we were perfect—if there were no remaining corruption in our hearts—there would be no fight. There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.
Moments of the Spirit of God creates wonderful words of wisdom from above uttered by mere vessels of clay
Resting in God's unchanging love today as I embrace His living word with His seed of wisdom and knowledge unfolding a life deep in me changing me day by day into His likeness
With Nectar in your Mind instead of Thinking, you have Understanding band Wisdom
With Nectar in your Mind instead of Thinking, you have Understanding and Wisdom
Give me a moment I am preparing to drawback to screamLouder than a train overhead below a railroad bridge
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
The fullness ends when we give Nature her ransom, when we make children for her. Then she is through with us, and we become, first inside, and then outside, junk. Flower stalks.
that a child is not an event, alleged or otherwise, a mistake or accident or crime. . . he is by definition more than this, sum rather than division, a living promissory note.
Never go down to the darkest room. Stay far away from the rotting coffin. If you want to live through the night, let the devil sleep.
Cool parents, I thought, are the ones who know nothing. It made me feel a little sad for mine, but I didn't say any of this.
I was trying to have an insight, and all I could think of was that I'd backed myself into a corner, and the corner was me.
They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.'Poor Grendel's had an accident, ' I whisper. 'So may you all.
The same ratios that govern music give laws to optics and to the movement of the heavens as well. Simple. Elegant. Predictable.
every man has his own story, his own agony("The Watcher O' The Dead")
Each new scientific fact gives rise to new uncertainties, and every pattern of starlight holds both a record and a prophecy.
It is one of the great blessings of youth, this guiltlessness, the source of gentle sleep and peaceful days.
Wisdom tolerates blustered opinions, the better to dismiss them later with discovery.
It is only the sudden and unpredictable appearance of comets that spoils the immutable celestial sphere.
The basis of English law is as simple as this: If you would know the future’s shape, look to the past.
The gray paint peels off the wall in odd and beautiful patterns, each cracked polygon of paint a snowflake of decay.
We don't suffer from a shortage of metaphors, is what I mean. But you have to be careful which metaphor you choose, because it matters.
That's sounds right. Another $5, 000 went to dress up the Little League park where he had played so many games. Seems like he paid off the MORTAGE on his parents' home, which wasn't that much.
If you're a ghost, " he said, "we mean you no disrespect. And if you're not a ghost, tell me who you are-or you soon will be one
You have always known they exist. Everyone feels their presence. Few know the truth. The world of Real Immortals is about to be revealed!
I just want to domething that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.
For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.
...there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.
...I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do...
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Men do not want solely the obedience of women, they want their sentiments. -The Subjection of Women
Where I grew up, women’s liberation was when you let a chick out of her cage so she could stretch her legs for 15 minutes.
