We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.
Desire, loneliness, wind in the flowering almond— surely these are the great, the inexhaustible subjects to which my predecessors apprenticed themselves. I hear them echo in my own heart, disguised as convention.
Ethical metaphysics is fundamentally an attempt, however disguised, to give legislative force to our own wishes.
I've been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring it through the port of Miami disguised as cocaine.
A chess tournament disguised as a circus.
The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the union of the states be cherished and perpetuated. Let the open enemy to it be regarded as a Pandora with her box opened, and the disguised one as the serpent creeping with his deadly wiles into paradise.
Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are bieng perceived and become thoughts. Without that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world. You are that awareness, disguised as a person.
Self-love is part of your birthright. I'm excited to be sharing this message to "beautiful girls" everywhere, including those disguised as grandmothers.
God comes to you disguised as your life.
All news is lies and all propaganda is disguised as news.
An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only be disguised.
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
Love is an angel disguised as lust.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves?
You are awareness disguised as a human being.
The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented.
. . . don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate the pleasure they receive from viewing pain that is not their own. . . Pain by itself is just Pain. But Pain + Distance can = entertainment, voyeurism, human interest, cinéma vérité, a good belly chuckle, a sympathetic smile, a raised eyebrow, disguised contempt.
Sometimes success is disguised as hard work.
People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise. ' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised. Everyone gets fired, or decides to make a radical change at some point. Everyone suffers setbacks.
