Diwali Chicago Quotes

#1. Life is too precious to spend it with important people.

Harry Partch

#2. In Kafka's story "Wedding Preparations in the Country," Edward Raban fantasizes about splitting into two forms: one, to remain in bed all day, dreaming; the other, to go forth and conduct the business of the world.

Franz Kafka

#3. There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.

Eminem

#4. The costumes had to serve the choreography.

Colleen Atwood

#5. Some years ago an excellent professor of economics told his class in his gravelly voice, 'If you pay me $50,000 a year to solve a problem, I damned sure ain't going to solve it.'

Charley Reese

#6. True influence drives action, not just awareness.

Jay Baer

#7. Having faith in Jesus Christ and in His Atonement means relying completely on Him - trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love. When we have faith in Christ, we trust the Lord enough to follow His commandments - even when we do not completely understand the reasons for them.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

#8. Lovers have heartaches
That can't be cured by drugs
Or sleep,
Or games,
But only by seeing their beloved.

Rumi

#9. His very presence created a need for more of him.

Chrissy Moon

#10. Life is a series of lessons, some of them obvious, some of them not. We learn as we go that dreams end, that plans get changed, that promises get broken, that our idols disappoint us.

Joan D. Chittister

#11. The Alphas were here, and Thumper had finally come out to play.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#12. I didn't start writing in order to express myself. If anything the opposite was true. I was just as interested in negating the I and the ego.

Rob Chapman

#13. Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.

Louie Giglio

#14. Every memorial in its time has a different goal.

Maya Lin