Bruegel Netherlandish Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

Strangely enough, a blow which does not even find its mark can, under certain circumstance, hurt more than one that finds its mark — Viktor E. Frankl

Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

37Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. — Anonymous

I'm not really the one in my family who knows everything that's going on, because I don't really pay attention. — Mackenzie Rosman

Diane suddenly felt like the words she was saying were twisting in her mouth and coming out as different words altogether. — Joseph Fink

Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd;
Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave,
Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool.
But for one end, one much-neglected use,
Are riches worth your care; (for nature's wants
Are few, and without opulence supplied;)
This noble end is, to produce the soul;
To show the virtues in their fairest light;
To make humanity the minister
Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast
The generous luxury the gods enjoy. — John Armstrong

Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. It is the fruit of unanswered questions. But questions cannot go unanswered unless they first be asked. — Thomas Merton