Aparecida Basilica Quotes & Sayings

The problem with all of you is you think in isolation instead of realizing we are one community, when one of us falls, we all fall. — Poppet

In a world where people are divided by sex, race, religion, patriotism, nationality, bipartisanship, and so-called borders, we need more people who are genuine with others and perspicuous with the way the world actually works, despite all the labels and... rhetoric. We need people who are not bound by any specific creed, nation or state, but who subsume them all and are free to create and destroy the many symbols and ideas that float around them, while moving freely and open-mindedly through their social environment. If we would be authentic with our world we should be as resourceful and multi-layered as possible, cultivating a Renaissance spirit. The more abundant our intent, the more epic our presence will be. The more universal our love, the more authentic our journey will be. — Gary McGee

Gage appears beneath me. 'Jump, and I'll catch you.'
'No.'
I strengthen my death grip on the trunk of the tree. 'I'm very afraid of heights. I'll need hours of therapy to repair the damage done here today.' — Addison Moore

In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as having strength under control, being calm and peaceful when surrounded by a heated atmosphere, emitting a soothing effect on those who may be angry or otherwise beside themselves, and possessing tact and gracious courtesy that causes others to retain their self-esteem and dignity. Instead of losing, the gentle gain. Instead of being ripped off and taken advantage of, they come out ahead! — Charles R. Swindoll

Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port. — Robert Aris Willmott

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success. — Ingrid Bergman

In 3-D filmmaking, I can take images and manipulate them infinitely, as opposed to taking still photographs and laying them one after the other. I move things in all directions. It's such a liberating experience. — George Lucas

Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death the memory be green. — William Shakespeare

I don't know what Swiss musicians need to do to be heard beyond the borders of their own country. It was always clear to me that I belong everywhere, that music belongs everywhere. It simply never occurred to me that I had to limit myself to a country. — Sophie Hunger

I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both. — John Piper

Maybe Grodzenski was showing me, with his quiet pride, the reason he hummed a little while he worked. — Nicole Krauss

suddenly i pin you to the wall and the tenderness is gone my kisses change as do my eyes and my voice and my urgency — P.D. Bates

I like my kahva the way I like my women... hot and black."

"I like my kahva the way I like my men," she replied, her eyes half-lidded. "Ground up into tiny pieces and stored in a bag. — Patrick Weekes

Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part. — Ralph Waldo Emerson