Quotes by Ordinary Now then, Pooh," said Christopher Robin, "where's your boat?" "I ought to say," explained Pooh as they walked down to the shore of the island, "that it isn't just an ordinary sort of boat. Sometimes it's a Boat, and sometimes it's more of an Accident. It all depends." "Depends on what?" "On whether I'm on the top of it or underneath it. A. A. Milne ordinary islands robins Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere. A. E. Waite business mind ordinary When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary. Aberjhani discipline levels ordinary It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you. Abigail Tarttelin accepting-yourself proud ordinary Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination. Abraham Lincoln determination ordinary men When we free ourselves from the constraints of ordinary goals and uninformed scoffers we will find ourselves roaring off the face of the earth. Abraham Maslow roaring goal ordinary If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me. Abraham Verghese intrusion sacred ordinary When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers. Adam Smith profit errors ordinary You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family. Adriana Trigiani very-inspirational ordinary ideas An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary. Adyashanti freedom ordinary men Tea! Bless ordinary everyday afternoon tea! Agatha Christie everyday ordinary tea Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources. Ai Weiwei tools ordinary people A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough. Alain de Botton achievement enough ordinary Sublime places repeat in grand terms a lesson that ordinary life typically teaches viciously: that the universe is mightier than we are, that we are frail and temporary and have no alternative but to accept limitations on our will; that we must bow to necessities greater than ourselves. Alain de Botton bows sublime ordinary It would scarcely be acceptable, for example, to ask in the course of an ordinary conversation what our society holds to be the purpose of work. Alain de Botton purpose example ordinary It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite extraordinary - make up that history. Alan Brennert ordinary islands people There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person. Alan Moore buried ridiculous ordinary We have somehow conned ourselves into the notion that this moment is ordinary. This now moment, in which I'm talking and you're listening, is eternity. Alan Watts listening ordinary talking A good poem is a tautology. It expands one word by adding a number which clarify it, thus making a new word which has never before been spoken. The seedword is always so ordinary that hardly anyone perceives it. Classical odes grow from and or because, romantic lyrics from but and if. Immature verses expand a personal pronoun ad nauseam, the greatest works bring glory to a common verb. Good poems, therefore, are always close to banality, over which, however, they tower like precipices. Alasdair Gray immature ordinary numbers To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder. Albert Einstein mind ordinary war 1234567891011»
