Acostumbrando Quotes & Sayings

We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly, how this matter stands. God gives us these gifts for no merit of ours. Let us be grateful to His Majesty for them, for, unless we recognize that we are receiving them, we shall not be aroused to love Him. And it is a most certain thing that, if we remember all the time that we are poor, the richer we find ourselves, the greater will be the profit that comes to us and the more genuine our humility. — Teresa Of Avila

People trust too much in themselves. What they take for truth, they let rule their lives, and if I set out to find a way to live so I will be in control of my life, then I actually lose control, because the thing I have decided on, my truth, becomes the ruler and I become it's servant. And how can I be free to evolve if I'm submitting myself to a ruler, any ruler, even if that ruler is me? — Steve Toltz

The weak are meat the strong do eat. — David Mitchell

It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love.
It's too late to be grateful,
It's too late to be hateful,
It's too late to be late again,
The European cannon is here. — David Bowie

Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so. — Iain Banks

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. — Suzanne Collins

I screamed, Go to hell! in the car, and the GPS took me to my mother-in-law's house. — Emma Beasley

The Christian religion is only for one who needs infinite help, therefore only for one who feels an infinite need. The whole planet cannot be in greater anguish than a single soul. The Christian faith - as I view it - is the refuge in this ultimate anguish. To whom it is given in this anguish to open his heart, instead of contracting it, accepts the means of salvation in his heart. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Sometimes it is better not to speak of what we see in our dreams. Sometimes our dreams belong only to us. — Terry Brooks

I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child. — Dan Quayle

In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will, however, only be put to the test if and when the time comes for another election, which the opposition may win. — Martin Van Creveld