Haydon Materials Quotes

#1. Faith does not quench desire, but inflames it.

Thomas Aquinas

#2. For I have always been a seeker, a dreamer, and a ponderer on seeking and dreaming ...

H.P. Lovecraft

#3. Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

Benjamin Haydon

#4. To become wholly compassionate requires us to open our eyes and hearts, to behold the pain and exploitation our culture obscures, to arouse deadened emotions, and to rise above our egos.

Joanne Stepaniak

#5. Fire rises out of the lunar mountains: when she is cold, I'll carry her up to a peak, and lay her down on the edge of a crater.

Charlotte Bronte

#6. Ashton grinne and raised her eyebrows. "I can't believe you're telling me a Vincent boy brought you to Grove, Alabama and not me."
Shrugging, I returned her smile. "They're heard to resist."
"Don't I know it.

Abbi Glines

#7. I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

Cathy Freeman

#8. It takes a lot of wind to sail a leaky boat.

Tom Morrison

#9. One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.

Alex Cox

#10. The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#11. That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.

Eugene H. Peterson

#12. In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.

Dalai Lama

#13. This is life-and it is passing. What are we waiting for?

Richard L. Evans