Buehner Center Quotes & Sayings

You really don't understand the first thing about writing ... for one thing, early in the morning is the worst possible time. the brain is like a wet sponge at that hour. And for another, real writing is a question of staring into space and waiting for the right ideas. — Cornelia Funke

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, — Anonymous

We are almost men, not quite warriors, and on some fateful day we meet an enemy for the first time and we hear the chants of battle, the threatening clash of blades on shields, and we begin to learn that the poets are wrong and that the proud songs lie. — Bernard Cornwell

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. — David Hume

I want to do the best I can and let everyone else worry about legacies. — Grant Hill

You are like everyone else," Alyosha concluded, "that is, like a great many others, only you ought not to be like everyone else, that's what." "Even if everyone is like that?" "Yes, even if everyone is like that. You be the only one who is not like that. And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment. So do not be like everyone else; even if you are the only one left who is not like that, still do not be like that. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now. — Stephen M. Walt

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind. — Charles Eastman

It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men. — Lincoln Steffens

I have never let gender get in my way. — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

In or towards whomsoever the Holy Spirit puts forth His power, or acts his grace for their regeneration, he removes all obstacles, overcomes all oppositions, and infallibly produces the intended effect. — John Owen

Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community." A community is not an abstract ideal. — Jean Vanier

But I belong to that landscape now, to the sky and the mountains. I wouldn't be happy anywhere else. — Anita Diamant