Calugarita Nebuna Quotes & Sayings

Sounding frank, honest, and sincere is, of course, a rhetorical strategy in itself, known from ancient literature as parrhesia. It's often employed by liars. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

I think it was the occasion of the final psychological break with Great Britain, in a way that had clearly not happened to that date, especially in New England and to som degree in the South. — Charles R. Morris

As regards the soul, many people thought that its nature cannot easily be investigated, and some have even dared say that human reason shows us that the soul dies with the body and that the contrary view is held by faith alone; however, the Lateran Council, held under Leo X (Session 8), condemns them and explicitly commands Christian philosophers to defeat their arguments and prove the truth to the best of their abilities, and therefore I too have not hesitated to take on this challenge. — Rene Descartes

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be — David Bly

...nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation. — Seneca.

There was more than one type of guilt. You might do something horrible that you later regretted. But you could also feel guilty for something you'd not done! — Joseph Delaney

Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well. — Shunryu Suzuki

What hath night to do with sleep? — John Milton

It is better to dream big and get half of it, then dream small and get all of it. — Joyce Meyer