Belying Def Quotes & Sayings

My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me - and laugh. — Lincoln Steffens

Tolerance of Cruelty in any form is a degraded state of mind and soul. When we freely allow the massacre and prolonged torture of defenseless creatures, it increases our receptivity to human cruelty and war and steals our humanity, peace and soul. Very little speeds and greases your way to Hell, like animal cruelty. — Russell Boyd

Though I knew I had the potential to do this locked in me like a poisonous pet snake, I knew I didn't have the part of a person you must have to turn that potential kinetic, to be the kind of person who can let their awful plow. — Catherine Lacey

Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right now, while the people most concerned with the hells on earth right now seem the least concerned about hell after death. — Rob Bell

Keeping records enhances the pleasure of the search and the chance of finding order and meaning in these events. — Aldo Leopold

For a long time a very strong and deep attraction has drawn me to missionary life. — Rose Philippine Duchesne

The world is a living mirror. With the light of your perception, you see yourself in it every moment. — Debasish Mridha

Literature doesn't exactly have a strong mental-health track record. — Lemony Snicket

The faults of women, children and servants,' he said, 'and of the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the faults of husbands, fathers and masters, and of the strong, the rich and the learned. — Victor Hugo

When you don't have much and you need to be at work, there's no such thing as being sick. — Scott Brooks

Angels are just beyond us. They're creatures that biology doesn't apply to. They don't love humanity at all. They just love God. — Thomm Quackenbush

If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from Napalm and bleed to death from a cluster bomb, they might not utter the claptrap they do. — John Pilger

Every time I look into her eyes, I get a positive inspiration to serve humanity. — Durgesh Satpathy

No one has ever said to me 'go home and make a baby.' I have been told several times to go to Planned Parenthood and make the baby go away. Happy Hannukah. — Chelsea Handler