Heydon Hall Quotes

#1. At home, I mainly used to read. I wished to stifle with external sensations all that was ceaselessly boiling up inside me. And among external sensations the only one possible for me was reading. Reading was, of course, a great help. It stirred, delighted, and tormented me.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#2. But opposing evil requires inspiration by what is sound rather than by what is resonant.

Timothy Snyder

#3. As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

Tom Cochrane

#4. When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.

Jack Canfield

#5. Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.

St. Jerome

#6. Heroism and obscenity appear no more important in the life of the universe than the fighting or mating of a pair of insects in the woods. All is on the same plane.

Henry Miller

#7. 'Certainly Men of a Certain Age' was different for me and allowed people to see me in a different light. Maybe that opened up minds a little bit.

Scott Bakula

#8. If you cannot find the truth within yourself, where else do you expect to find it?

Dogen

#9. Minds with fixed ideas are like granite: They can never be penetrated with soft words and gentle persuasions.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#10. Under law the Quest for Ultimate Truth is quite clearly the inalienable prerogative of your working thinkers. Any bloody machine goes and actually finds it and we're straight out of a job, aren't we?

Douglas Adams

#11. In breaking away from the familiar and the expected, you'll be forced and privileged to face greater challenges, learn harder lessons, and really get to know yourself.

Kelly Cutrone

#12. There are level-headed actors and outlandish actors and financially responsible actors and financially irresponsible actors.

Rob McClure

#13. One has to handle these negative experiences alone.You can't get help from your friends or family.You're finally alone with it, and you have to come to grips with misfortune and go on.

Shirley Temple

#14. If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Bruce Barton