Amma Sarah Quotes & Sayings

Apollo, the god of light, of reason, of proportion, harmony, number - Apollo blinds those who press too close in worship. Don't look straight at the sun. Go into a dark bar for a bit and have a beer with Dionysis, every now and then. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life. — Mark Steyn

History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt. — Guy Vanderhaeghe

You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them. — Antonio Villaraigosa

I may be arrested, I may be tried and thrown into jail, but I never will be silent. — Emma Goldman

I say women exhibit the most exalted virtue when they depart from the domestic circle and enter on the concerns of their country, of humanity, and of their G-d! — John Quincy Adams

I felt an unrelenting restlessness. It was the first time I had ever experienced jealousy, and that emotion clung to my skin day and night like a dark stain, a contamination I could not shed; it became so unbearable that when finally I rid myself of it, I was freed forever of the desire to possess another person or the temptation ever to belong to anyone. — Isabel Allende

Eve and the apple was the first great step in experimental science. — James Bridie

I hate that thing that if you are over 45, and you're going to be on telly or make films, you have to do all this stupid stuff to your face. I would no more let someone stick a needle in my forehead than fly to the moon. — Lesley Manville

Can't we just agree to disagree on this point and move on? — Tammy Blackwell

Amma Sarah knew that her spiritual power was infinite if she could truly forget herself and allow Christ to work through her. — Kate Cooper