Maria Callas Quotes

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

My mom is really naive - she thinks that because she is honest, other people will be honest too. That's not the way it works.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

I have found that hollow, which even I had relied on for solid.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

False hope is worse than despair.

A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.

because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

When life feels like a yoyo, no matter the ups or the downs know that you'll always end up in the hands of Almighty God.

The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there's some hand to hold: if we just do the right things, someone will appreciate us and take care of us. . . Nontheism is relaxing with the ambiguity and uncertainty of the present moment without reaching for anything to protect ourselves.

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure.

Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

Be careful what you’re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head

When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

So you mustn't be frightened, dear Mr. Kappus, if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety - like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and everything you do. You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in the palm of its hand and will not let you fall.

Simon, would you still care for me if you discovered I was not who I say I am?" What do you mean?" I mean would you still care for me, no matter what you came to know?" What a thing to ponder. I don't know what to say." The answer is no. He does not need to say it. With a sigh, Simon digs at the fire with the iron poker. Bits of the charred log fall away, revealing the angry insides. they flare orange for a moment, then quiet down again. After three tries, he gives up. I'm afraid this fire's had it." I can see a few embers remaining. "No, I think not. If..." He sighs, and it says everything.

One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.