Arnauld Briand Quotes & Sayings

There is no evidence of the soul except in its sudden absence. A nothingness enters, taking place where something was before. — Bruce Springsteen

The authenticity paradox: vulnerability is the last thing I want you to see in me and the first thing I look for in you. — Brene Brown

Behind the English invasion of North America, behind their massacre of Indians, their deception, their brutality, was that special powerful drive born in civilizations based on private property. It was a morally ambiguous drive; the need for space, for land, was a real human need. But in conditions of scarcity, in a barbarous epoch of history ruled by competition, this human need was transformed into — Howard Zinn

[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God. — Lyman Beecher

Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one that the family of the former lord is extinguished: the other that neither their laws not their taxes are altered. — Niccolo Machiavelli

And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn. — Aldous Huxley

I listen to NPR when I listen to the radio, but I don't listen to the radio that much. You know, I listen to Garrison Keillor, I listen to 'Prairie Home Companion.' — Al Franken

I hate this," he muttered, lowering his forehead until it rested on mine. "I hate him. I hate what he does to you. I hate that I can't stop him."
My heart melted as pain registered on his beautiful face. Without thinking, I lifted my hand and slid it along Ethan's cheek. He covered my hand with his own and nuzzled it softly. Finally, he took a deep breath and opened his eyes again. What I saw in them made my breath falter. There was anger and pain, but above all there was ... something else. Something that made my heart beat frantically and my whole body vibrate. There was desire. — Jamie Canosa

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe