"For a long timeâ€”always, in factâ€”I have known that life here on earth is not what I needed and that I wasnâ€™t able to deal with it; for this reason and for this reason alone, I have acquired a touch of spiritual pride, so that my existence seems to me the degradation and the erosion of a psalm."

-- Emile M. Cioran

#Spiritual Quotes #Pride Quotes #Erosion Quotes

“I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.”
“My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to go through the same experiences as I did as a child actor.”
“Look at this vigorous plant that lifts its head from the meadow, See how its leaves are turned to the north, as true as the magnet; This is the compass-flower, that the finger of God has planted Here in the houseless wild, to direct the traveller's journey. Over the sea-like, pathless, limitless waste of the desert, Such in the soul of man is faith.”
“Anyone who ever loves anyone truly loves them because of their indefinable essence, not because they conform to some checklist.”
“Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.”
“Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning.”
“You quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die.”
“Corporations, government entities and media conglomerates-fear the ideology of an animal liberationist could catch hold and topple them from their golden thrones, reducing their animal product profits.”

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