"Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure."

-- Bede Griffiths

#Individual Quotes #Stillness Quotes

“I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.”
“Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world”
“I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.”
“A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.”
“The best critical consideration of the inherent weakness of a federation of states in which the law of the federation has to be enforced on the states who are its members is contained in the Federalist Papers.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.186, Columbia University Press
“Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.”

Source : Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.
“Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.”
“It's not a stereotype if it's always true.”

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