Quotes of: Being Keyword

I knew how one climbing the mountain of worldly success can slip down into the river below without being conscious of the descent till he is already drowning.

My Art, My Life

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.

Mademoiselle de Maupin

No,' said Gould, with an unusual and convincing gravity; 'I do not believe that being perfectly good in all respects would make a man merry.' 'Well,' said Michael quietly, 'will you tell me one thing? Which of us has ever tried it?

Manalive

the poet will be discontented even in the streets of heaven. The poet is always in revolt." "There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick.

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest.

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

All of us started normal. All of us started out as functioning human beings with the potential to do almost anything we wanted, but somewhere along the paths of our lives, we got lost.

A Million Little Pieces

When you're young, you think it's going to be solved by love. But it never is. Being close-as close as you can get-to another person only makes it clear the impassable distance between you.

Man Walks Into a Room

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

Memoirs, Correspondence And Private Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Ed. By T.J. Randolph

You may remember that on earth—though of course we never confessed it—the death of anyone we knew, even those we liked best, was always mingled with a certain satisfaction at being finally done with them.

Man and Superman

It was strange and amusing...and, honestly, a bit embarrassing...to realize how much being near Bella had softened me. It seemed like no one was afraid of me any more. If Emmett found out about this, he would be laughing for the next century.

Midnight Sun

Frederick left the young couple gazing into each other’s eyes. Revolting, the way otherwise sensible people could carry on, he decided. Something to do with being married, no doubt. Perhaps it damaged the brain.

Magic Below Stairs

The shuddering would not stop. The pain was like the end of the world. He thought: There comes a point when the very discussion of pain becomes redundant. No one knows there is pain the size of this in the world. No one. It is like being possessed by...

Misery

The irresponsible mother helped explain bella's maturity. She'd had to grow up early, to become the caretaker. That's why she didn't like being cared for- she felt it was her job.

Midnight Sun

Empirical science, empiricism, takes no account of the soul, no account of what constitutes and determines personal being.

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

When wisdom arises, our inherent power as a being naturally arises as well, and then we begin to view things differently. We begin to see things based on the truth that we have found inside, not the truth that is imposed by others on us.

A Magician's Visit

Friends are those crazy people who keep coming back, in spite of being exposed to the real you.

Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

I haven’t entirely adjusted to the whole yum, blood, yum aspect of being a vampire. My body wants it, but my head is still like, Ew, that is BLOOD, time to faint.

Never Bite a Boy on the First Date

Men, being accustomed to act on reflection themselves, are a great deal too apt to believe that women act on reflection, too. Women do nothing of the sort. They act on impulse; and, in nine cases out of ten, they are heartily sorry for it afterward.

No Name

Don't ever give up on being the person you choose to be, getting the results you want, and manifesting the dream for your life.

No Limits, Mastering the Mental Egde: The Class They Don't Teach You in School

I feel something familiar about this place. This house…” I dragged out a hand and gestured towards it with my thumb. “I dream about it. I’ve been dreaming about it for years. Being in it.” I had her attention. “With you.

Obsession

Being that 'reason is not antithetical to faith' (Woods) and that Pentecost established the Reality of super-nature (Lewis) and that 'theology matters' (Wimber), then 'empowered evangelicalism' (Nathan) is the natural expression of discipleship." ~R....

Kingdom Come: The Already But Not Yet