Bridgemont Academy Quotes & Sayings

You think that your laws correct evil - they only increase it. There is but one way to end evil - by rendering good for evil to all men without distinction. — Leo Tolstoy

[A] book is not merely a book, it is the sun as well. — Steve Hagen

To him who knows how to read the legend, it conveys more truth than the chronicle. — Martin Buber

I am indebted to the following colleagues for their advice, assistance, or support: Dr. Alfred Lerner, Dori Vakis, Robin Heck, Dr. Todd Dray, Dr. Robert Tull, and Dr. Sandy Chun. Thanks also to Lynette Parker of East San Jose Community Law Center for her advice about adoption procedures, and to Mr. Daoud Wahab for sharing his experiences in Afghanistan with me. I am grateful to my dear friend Tamim Ansary for his guidance and support and to the gang at the San Francisco Writers Workshop for their feedback and encouragement. I want to thank my father, my oldest friend and the inspiration for all that is noble in Baba; my mother who prayed for me and did nazr at every stage of this book's writing; my aunt for buying me books when I was young. Thanks go out to Ali, Sandy, Daoud — Khaled Hosseini

I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind to sober pasture, just as it had for Saint Augustine. I longed for the day when the love of one woman would be sacred enough to forget all the rest. — Roman Payne

When a rich man is hurt, his wail goeth heavens high. (Sancho Panza) — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Things we cannot solve, we must survive. — Boyd K. Packer

21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none. — Michael Eisner

A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it. — Barbara Kingsolver

You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion ... different temperaments ... differences in the capacity to comprehend. — Ramakrishna