Coenobium Ruscum Quotes & Sayings

Not to destroy but to construct,
I hold the unconquerable belief
that science and peace will triumph over ignorance and war
that nations will come together
not to destroy but to construct
and that the future belongs to those
who accomplish most for humanity. — Adlai E. Stevenson

I want to go to the Maldives before they sink, but just because it's the most beautiful place on earth. — Shane Smith

Welcome home, Soldier of Furnace. — Alexander Gordon Smith

Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. — Anonymous

People felt themselves watching him even before they knew that there was anything different about him. His eyes made a person think that he heard things that no one else had ever heard, that he knew things no one had ever guessed before. He did not seem quite human. — Carson McCullers

How anyone, in view of the protracted sufferings of the race, can invest the laws of the universe with a tender loving fatherly intelligence, watching, guiding and protecting humanity, is to me amazing. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Rather than allowing external forces to define how we feel inside, each of us can be our own thermostat. — William Powers

I have nothing against Sean Penn. I don't even mind that he ended up divorcing Madonna. I mean, I still like Shia LaBeouf even though he chose to star in Transformers, which turned out to be a movie about robots from space.
That Talk.
Which is just as bad as choosing to divorce Madonna, if you ask me — Meg Cabot

It's called Two and a Half Men," Dermot was telling his guest.
"I understand," Bellenos said. "Because the two brothers are grown, and the son isn't."
"I think so," Dermot said. "Don't you think the son is useless?"
"The half? Yes. At home, we'd eat him," Bellenos said. — Charlaine Harris