Confessore Wikipedia Quotes & Sayings

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I don't follow politics much. — Vivienne Westwood

Gnani's [The enlightened one's] sangna [directions] is the compass then it will take you to the end of your journey [Moksha, ultimate liberation]. And the worldly people's sangna [directions] is the compass then it will make you wander in the worldly life. — Dada Bhagwan

Misunderstandings always need honesty. — Sara Alexi

It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque. — Trevor Phillips

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. — Jean De La Bruyere

She knew it the way people say they know they are about to be hit by lightning, yet remain powerless to run, unable to avoid their fate. She panicked, as anyone might have when disparate parts of her life were about to crash into each other, certain to leave a path of anguish and debris. It was true that devotion could be lost as quickly as it was found, which was why some people insisted that love letters be written in ink. How easy it was for even the sweetest words to evaporate, only to be rewritten as impulse and infatuation might dictate. How unfortunate that love could not be taught or trained, like a seal or a dog. Instead it was a wolf on the prowl, with a mind of its own, and it made its own way, undeterred by the damage done. Love like this could turn honest people into liars and cheats, as it now did ... — Alice Hoffman

In journeys, as in life, it is a great deal easier to go down hill than up — Charles Dickens