Chahidnet Quotes & Sayings

I would not take a young man to a lock-hospital to knock the hankering after women out of him, but into my soul to see the devils that were rending it. — Leo Tolstoy

If there's amnesty leading to citizenship, I'm going to vote against it again. — Frank Wolf

It is essential that children who are directly or indirectly affected by domestic violence receive psychological care. — Asa Don Brown

It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows. And besides, when a man is elevated in that odd fashion, he has no proper foundation for his superior altitude. Hence, I conclude, that in boasting himself to be high lifted above a whaleman, in that assertion the pirate has no solid basis to stand on. — Herman Melville

If you look at a testimony of love from 2,000 years ago it can still exactly speak to you, whereas medical advice from only 100 years ago is ridiculous. — Jennifer Michael Hecht

Religion is based, I think, primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly, as I have said, the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing
fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. — Bertrand Russell

The gentle Kathryn thumps the engagement ring in his face, thumps it as you'd thump a spider — Ben Fountain

I love to hear myself talk, because I get so much instruction and moral upheaval out of it. — Mark Twain

Do horrible things to me," she whispers. "Before I do them to everyone else. Please. Please, Lucas. — C.M. Stunich

[...] fundamental PIM problems are surprisingly resistant to technology change. [...] Despite apparent technology improvements, we still forget to deal with vital actionable items. find it hard to judge the value of new information, keep large amounts of infomation of questionable value, and fail to retrieve important information that we have made stringent efforts to organize. — Ofer Bergman

Two suitcases, in one the wardrobe, the earthly essentials, in the other- manuscripts, the spiritual supplies, then you are at home everywhere-Zweig GW Tagebuecher p. 383 — Stefan Zweig

Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time. — Saint Patrick

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine. — Arthur Schopenhauer