Balchens Quotes & Sayings

(Tradition) is the democracy of the dead. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest of the world. We've been lucky." He is happy with things as they are and he doesn't torment himself.
What is a pessimist? The man who says, "Things are fine everywhere but here. Everyone else is better off than we are. We're the only ones who've had a bad break." He torments himself continually. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility as a weakness; if he is generous, we call his courage pride. — Louis Bourdaloue

Love, the great savior of all. — Brandon Witt

Shaking hands with the strangers of opposite sex is forbidden — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest. — Victor Davis Hanson

Somewhere around twenty-five, bizarre becomes immature. — Bridget Fonda

THE TRULY EDUCATED NEVER GRADUATE — Annabel Monaghan

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire. — William Rounseville Alger

Don't let the bad leg fool you, son. If you hurt my princess, I will be the nightmare you never see coming. — C.J. Redwine