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Finding Quotes (page 118)

Thomas Merton quote: "I find I serve the world best by keeping my distance and freedom."
I find I serve the world best by keeping my distance and freedom. Thomas Merton
We all know the artfulness with which a dropped coin hides itself, and the job we have to find it again. There are thoughts which play the same trick on us, rolling into a buried corner of our minds; and there it is, they've gone forever, we can't put our finger on them. Victor Hugo
Ernest Hemingway quote: "There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find..."
There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes. Ernest Hemingway
C. S. Lewis quote: "A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should..."
A woman's heart should be so close to God that a man should have to chase Him to find her. C. S. Lewis
And then I wondered if as soon as he came to like me he would sink intoordinariness, and if as soon as he came to love me I would find fault after fault, the way I did with Buddy Willard and the boys before him. The same thing happened over and over: I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn't do at all. That's one of the reasons I never wanted to get married. The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be... Sylvia Plath
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. Thucydides
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good..."
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them. Michel de Montaigne
That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying. Charles Bukowski
Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn to God when everything is going well for us. We 'have all we want' is a terrible saying when 'all' does not include God. We find God an interruption. C. S. Lewis
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you..."
You take whatever works from wherever you can find it, and you keep moving toward the light. Elizabeth Gilbert
Robert Bresson quote: "Practice the precept: find without seeking"
Practice the precept: find without seeking Robert Bresson
On sober reflection, I find few reasons for publishing my Italian version of an obscure, neo-Gothic French version of a seventeenth century Latin edition of a work written in Latin by a German Monk toward the end of the fourteenth century...First of all, what style should I employ? Umberto Eco
Herman Hesse quote: "The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself."
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself. Herman Hesse
If I did not move and dance between them the three would turn to stone, for they are passive [...] They would fall asleep if I lay still somewhere. Henry, Gonzalo, Hugh. [...] It is only my dancing, my dancing which animates them. I slide out of Gonzalo's bed like a snake. I slide out of Henry's bed. I slide out of Hugh's bed. [...]I dance untrammeled - return to each full of the space in between, that change of air. Dancing, I find my flame and my joy, because I dance, slide, run, to the... Anais Nin
As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to chops and sausages. Quite why they should dress up for children’s wallpaper as well was a mystery. Hello, little folk, this is what you’re going to eat… He felt that if only he could find the key to it, he’d know a lot more about human beings. Terry Prachett

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