Biela Center Quotes & Sayings

[B]ut he had lived in a world in which, as he said, no one who loved ideas need hunger mentally. — Edith Wharton

Psychologically, I'm a Roman Baptist. — Samuel Bowers

Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives. — J.K. Rowling

If you can just convince the dope people that the gun people are right and the gun people that the dope people are right, we could actually live in a lot more freedom. — Penn Jillette

You have control over three things - what you think, what you say, and how you behave. To make a change in your life, you must recognize that these gifts are the most powerful tools you possess in shaping the form of your life. — Sonia Friedman

We refuse unfair offers because people who meekly accepted unfair offers didn't survive in the Stone Age. Observations — Yuval Noah Harari

I tell the girls in our student ministry, You don't really want sex. What you want is intimacy. You want to meet a guy, fall in love, and know you can trust him completely. You want somebody with whom you can share everything there is to know about you without fear of betrayal or rejection. You want to be fully known and to know him fully. Purity now paves the way to intimacy later. — Andy Stanley

Joe knew what the nod meant-this was why they became outlaws. To live moments the insurance salesman of the world, the truck drivers, and lawyers and bank tellers and carpenters and realtors would never know. Moments in a world without nets-none to catch you and none to envelop you. Joe looked at Dion and recalled what he'd felt after the first time they'd knocked over that newsstand on Bowdoin Street when they were thirteen years old, We will probably die young. — Dennis Lehane

I write because there are things in me that cannot die. — Sanober Khan

waking up mornings brings lingering suffering — Geza Csath