Takaki Kanehiro Quotes

#1. Love wants to rise, not to be held down by anything base ... He who loves flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. Derive happiness from yourself, from a good day's work, from the clearing that it makes in the fog that surrounds us.

Henri Matisse

#2. Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.

J.C. Ryle

#3. The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost.

Evelyn Underhill

#4. Only love can neutralize shame.

Omar Manejwala

#5. Unknowing, let us sleep. Chest against chest,
Our breathing mingled, hand in hand without dreams.

Yves Bonnefoy

#6. You don't need miracles in the west. You have insurance.

Brother Yun

#7. Love makes everything complicated.

Elie Wiesel

#8. Each week, I post a video about some 'Pigeon of Discontent' raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to find the 'Bluebird of Happiness,' we're also plagued by those small but pesky 'Pigeons of Discontent.'

Gretchen Rubin

#9. The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.

Andre Gide

#10. Beyond the lake, over the mountains, the clouds were illuminated from within by a brilliant stutter of lightning, and in that split second Elizabeth and I were etched against the sky.

Kenneth Oppel

#11. The man was an emotional Fort Knox.

Ransom Riggs

#12. With love you could persuade a Pathan to go to Hell, but by force you couldn't even take him to Heaven.

Manreet Sodhi Someshwar