Willigis Quotes

#1. Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer.

Willigis Jager

#2. Do not reflect on the meaning of the word; thinking and reflecting must cease, as all mystical writers insist. Simply "sound" the word silently, letting go of all feelings and thoughts.

Willigis Jager

#3. The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.

James Jones

#4. The manifestation of poetry in external life is formal perfection. True sentiment grows within, and art must represent internal phenomena externally.

Franz Grillparzer

#5. The true nature of a democracy is its ability to say yes when even the powerful say no

Colum McCann

#6. I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity ...

Napoleon Bonaparte

#7. He's cute," I said.
"Uh-huh," the grey man agreed, "and so's dynamite.

Dashiell Hammett

#8. Monogamy was the first form of the family not founded on natural, but on economic conditions, viz.: the victory of private property over primitive and natural collectivism.

Friedrich Engels

#9. I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive to see that, I will be very happy.

Kapil Dev

#10. What I did warn about when I testified in front of Congress in 2002, I said if you want to worry about a state, it shouldn't be Iraq, it should be Iran. But this government, our administration, wanted to worry about Iraq, not Iran.

Wesley Clark

#11. I just want to say I owe the whole reds organization a great deal. Great staff top to bottom and I wish those guys all the best.

Dontrelle Willis

#12. The real sin ma'am, in my mind lies in thinking of ever wedding with a man you don't love honest and true.

Thomas Hardy

#13. When you give feedback, make sure to be specific. I didn't understand you when you explained the chart or walked me through the steps of...

Assegid Habtewold

#14. If we work together, we can do everything, if we just watch each other, we can do nothing

John Paul Santiago

#15. The funny thing about being creative is that, especially high school people, I kept noticing I'd always go to these certain materials. I'd always be picking up trash and picking up paper and using it.

Mark Bradford