Vivienne Roberts > Vivienne's Quotes

“O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion!”
― Gary Snyder

“The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
― William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads

“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
― Nadine Gordimer

“No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.”
― Covert Bailey

“The real reason to exercise is to change your body's chemistry, not to burn a lot of calories.”
― Covert Bailey, The Ultimate Fit or Fat

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées