We Turn Quotes

194 We Turn quotes by 170 unique authors

Yet the story of Orpheus, it occurs to me, is not just about the desire of the living to resuscitate the dead but about the… — Meghan O'Rourke
Every time we turn to Christ in faith it is like a moment of Sabbath, a little foretaste of eternal rest and glory. The gift… — Phillip Cary
Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find another… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is simple but demanding. It is that we… — J I Packer
Chyerti—that’s us, demons and devils, small and big—are compulsive. We obsess. It’s our nature. We turn on a track, around and around; we march in… — Catherynne M. Valente
We depend on our surroundings obliquely to embody the moods and ideas we respect and then to remind us of them. We look to our… — Alain de Botton
Lena made a face. She almost never wore makeup; she didn't have to. "You know, it's not like we all sign a contract with Maybelline… — Kami Garcia
The trouble with words is that they give us the illusory sense that we are making ourselves understood as well as understanding what others are… — Paulo Coelho
Even when we turn around, there are no footprints behind us... Nor the road we came along, nor the tune we hummed... When we die,… — Kazuya Minekura
Prisons are the temples where devils learn to prey. Every time we turn the key we twist the knife of fate, because every time we… — Gregory David Roberts
There is only this now. It does not come from anywhere; it is not going anywhere. It is not permanent, but it is not impermanent.… — Alan Watts
...We die, we turn, we are reborn as we deserve to be reborn, based on our doings in this world." Will looked down at his… — Cassandra Clare
We know we need, and so we acquire and eat and eat, past the point of bodily fullness, trying to sate a greater need. Ashamed… — Marya Hornbacher
It's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them… — Robert Fulghum
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is… — Mohsin Hamid
Do you believe in spirits? Or ghosts?...Yes, I do. I believe in ghosts....They're the ones who haunt us. The ones who have left us behind."… — Christina Baker Kline
Time and tide wait for no man. A pompous and self-satisfied proverb, and was true for a billion years; but in our day of electric… — Mark Twain
We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential,… — Christopher Reeve
Everywhere we turn, we see violence and hate and prejudice and anger and all of these negative emotions that are destroying humanity. And we have… — Arun Manilal Gandhi
It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn… — Sharon Salzberg
When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness. — Ramana Maharshi
We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity, focus on our commonality,… — Cynthia McKinney
The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking… — Dan Millman
How can we turn our back on an endeavor which increases our children's cultural intelligence, heightens individual sensitivity and deepens our collective sense of humanity?… — Alec Baldwin
Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be… — Iain McGilchrist

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