Stephen Levine Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
-
People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.
-
There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
-
I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
-
Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
-
Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
-
If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
-
I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
-
In the Andes and the Alps, I have seen melting glaciers. At both of the Earth's Poles, I have seen open sea where ice once dominated the horizon.
-
An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind.
-
Jimmy Grants is my first stop every time I go home to Australia. They make the best souvlakis you have ever tasted.
-
A sensible human once said, 'If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit'; and again, 'She's the sort of woman who lives for others-you can always tell the others by their hunted expression.'
-
Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
-
He wos wery good to me, he wos!
-
No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
-
Writing is an addiction more powerful than alcohol, than nicotine, than crack. I could not conceive of not writing.
-
The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.
-
I've always kind of been in the middle of every room, trying to get people together, no matter what color they were.
-
A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.
-
A taste of righteousness can be easily perverted into an overweening sense of self-righteousness and judgmentalism.
-
Agile methods derive much of their agility by relying on the tacit knowledge embodied in the team, rather than writing the knowleadge down in plans.
-
Evolution is evolution - and it's happened before us and will continue after we're gone. But, what's taking place now is much more than change for the sake of change. The socialization of content creation, consumption and participation, is hastening the metamorphosis that transforms everyday people into participants of a powerful and valuable media literate society.
-
Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion.
