Kumulipo Liliuokalani Quotes

Behold not with anger the sins of man, but forgive and cleanse. ~ Lili'uokalani

Knowledge has been a passion with me during my whole life, one which has not lost its charm to the present day. ~ Lili'uokalani

The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here darkness doesn't connote gloom and evil. Rather, it's about the inscrutability of the embryonic state; the obscure chaos that reigns before germination. ~ Rob Brezsny

All things in this world are two: in heaven there is but One. ~ Lili'uokalani

The voices of the people are the voices of God. ~ Lili'uokalani

The cause of Hawaii and independence is larger and dearer than the life of any man connected with it. Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station. ~ Lili'uokalani

Now to avoid any collision of armed forces, and perhaps the loss of life, I do this under protest and impelled by said force yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representatives and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands. ~ Lili'uokalani

I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone. ~ Ahmet Zappa

The more you read the more places you will go,the more places you go the more things you will learn. ~ Dr. Seuss

Suits me. I'd rather be a nothing at the center of everything than a puffed-up somebody at the edge of it all." She said this in her usual unguarded way. And without meaning to, she had described him exactly: a puffed-up somebody at the edge of it all. ~ Josiah Bancroft

Successful action tends to become an end in itself. ~ Eric Hoffer

When I first came round in the medical center after my accident, the first face I saw was Ayrton's, with tears in his eyes. I had never seen that with Ayrton before. I just had the impression that he felt as if my accident was like one of his own. He helped me a lot with my career and I can't find the words to describe his loss. ~ Rubens Barrichello

Apparently, I have good feet for ballet. ~ Gillian Jacobs