Bijaksana Quotes & Sayings

The (capital punishment) controversy passes the anarch by. For him, the linking of death and punishment is absurd. In this respect, he is closer to the wrongdoer than to the judge, for the high-ranking culprit who is condemned to death is not prepared to acknowledge his sentence as atonement; rather, he sees his guilt in his own inadequacy. Thus, he recognizes himself not as a moral but as a tragic person. — Ernst Junger

Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music. — Bette Midler

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue. — Philip Massinger

Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy. — Brandy Norwood

Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life. — John Patrick Hickey

Just for once, I want someone to want me more than anybody else. To put me first. — Mariah Fredericks

The object of (Christian) faith is not the teaching but the Teacher. — Soren Kierkegaard

If the intuition must conform to the nature of the objects, I do not see how we can know anything of them a priori. If, on the other hand, the object conforms to the nature of our faculty of intuition, I can then easily conceive the possibility of such an a priori knowledge. — Immanuel Kant

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. — Franklin P. Adams