Quotes of Russell Lynes

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The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

- Russell Lynes

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“ ?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ”

- Voltaire

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ I was so blessed. The first person I gave my heart to was an angel who plucked the feathers off his wings and built a nest for it. ”

- Kamand Kojouri

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together. ”

- Lisa Kleypas

“ Damn right you are. Tinley, you know I love you, and I want nothing but the best for you. But you are only as capable as you believe you are. I know you could do anything you want to in this world, but you have to want it and tell yourself you can actually do it. Stop second guessing yourself and let yourself live. Truly live. ”

- Alexandria Bishop

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. ”

- Steven Spielberg

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ Before, I wanted to say: "I found love!" But now, I want to say: "I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The art of existence is to find a sensation of spiritual expansion that makes you larger than existence itself. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ When love is pursued, fear is surrendered, and you gain the freedom to worship in spirit and in truth. ”

- Deborah Brodie

“ To the wellorganized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ With love comes the risk of losing it. With love comes the risk of getting burnt with it. When love burns, it consumes even the soul. ”

- Jyoti Arora

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. ”

- Anais Nin

“ Our great human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster