Conard Library Quotes & Sayings

No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun ... — Nas

If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds. — Ibn Taymiyyah

As is well known, the priests are the most evil enemies - but why? Because they are the most impotent. It is because of their impotence that in them hatred grows to monstrous and uncanny proportions, to the most spiritual and poisonous kind of hatred. The truly great haters in world history have always been priests; likewise the most ingenious haters: other kinds of spirit hardly come into consideration when compared with the spirit of priestly vengefulness. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do' ... He might have written with as much truth, 'Satan finds some mischief for busy hands too.' The busy people achieve their full share of mischief in the world, you may rely upon it. What have the people been about, who have been the busiest in getting money, and in getting power, this century or two? No mischief? — Charles Dickens

I was 12 when I started and 34 before I achieved my dream, that should give people hope. — Kelly Holmes

Each of us was saved by God not only to enjoy the kingdom of God but also to have a victorious life here on earth — Sunday Adelaja

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song ... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty. — Alan Jackson

Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain of life. It is unsentimental, it takes us seriously as human beings, it is not condescending. Paradoxically, by seeing pain we are made greater, it becomes a need. — Howard Barker

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright. — Van Wyck Brooks

Prayer is power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Nobody really knows what the market is going to do, but it sure looks like we are going to have a lot more volatility. — David Wessel