Choctaw Code Talkers Primary Quotes & Sayings

To sin means to miss the mark, as an archer who misses the target, so to sin means to miss the point of human existence. — Eckhart Tolle

At the battle of Waterloo, men formed squares into which the wounded were brought for medical care. At the height of the battle, in the madness of the cannonading and death, the riderless horses of the cavalry, the caisson horses of the slaughtered gun crews attempted to penetrate the squares to be saved by the humans. And in the First World War, men subjected to unparalleled mayhem were stricken more by the plight of the horses than anything else. There is a special grief for the innocent caught up in mankind's murderous follies. — Thomas McGuane

particles of silence floated about the room — Haruki Murakami

Where you have been isn't half as important as where you are headed. Keep your sights and focus on the future. — Bidemi Mark-Mordi

Biographers rue the destruction or loss of letters; they might also curse the husband and wife who never leave each other's side, and thus perform a kind of epistolary abortion. — Janet Malcolm

But we will probably never see this, never move from original selfishness to universal charity and unselfishness, without the intermediate step of the family. — Peter Kreeft

The best sentence? The shortest. — Anatole France

Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms. — Thomas Hood

Disordered house, disordered mind, disordered life, — Kristen Ashley

These days, I strive to be a bitch, because not being one sucks. Not being a bitch means not having your voice heard. Not being a bitch means you agree with all the bullshit. Not being a bitch means you don't appreciate all the other bitches who have come before you. Not being a bitch means since Eve ate that apple, we will forever have to pay for her bitchiness with complacence, obedience, acceptance, closed eyes, and opened legs. — Margaret Cho

He carried so much suffering that it radiated out in waves. Sorrow is like that: whenever a person runs, it comes after him; it leaves an endless trail of pain. — Alice Hoffman

I won't let you spoil my war for me. Destroys the weak, does it? Well, what does peace do for'em, huh? War feeds its people better. — Bertolt Brecht

The acceptance of just one person is enough to silence the rejection of thousands. — S.A. Tawks

We've spent the last 30 years focusing on the T in IT, and we'll spend the next 30 years focusing on the I. — Peter Drucker

In the blank spaces between the letters. In the moment when a note of music ends and the next one has not yet begun (Coelho/Nabil Alaihi, age unknown, Bedouin 2007:99). — Paulo Coelho