Baron Friedrich Von Steuben Quotes & Sayings

Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise. — John Eldredge

He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. — Charles Caleb Colton

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle. — Matt Dillon

If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. — Charles Dickens

When I was ten, I caught glandular fever and had to have a year off school. My parents arranged for a tutor to keep me on track with my studies. — Anne Sebba

The mind, the body and the world are made out of Consciousness but Consciousness is not made out of them. It is made out of itself. Therefore everything is made only out of Consciousness. — Rupert Spira

nascent, lifeless earth out of cosmic space - their — H.P. Lovecraft

With the growth of knowledge our ideas must from time to time be organized afresh. The change takes place usually in accordance with new maxims as they arise, but it always remains provisional. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Her blind endorsement of Hitler's regime first faded to a kind of sympathetic skepticism, but as summer approached, — Erik Larson

The rise in voluntary childlessness, like the decrease in fertility and the increase in homosexuality, may be an evolutionary adaptation to overpopulation. Or, since the phenomenon is more prevalent in the West, maybe it's an effect of wealth and plenty. (Having more offspring is to an individual's evolutionary advantage in impoverished conditions, even though it's disastrous for the species as a whole and has made places like Rio and Calcutta some of the least desirable real estate in the solar system.) — Tim Kreider

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity. — George Bernard Shaw