Correspondances Quotes & Sayings

The books remind us that way down deep in our hearts, part of us knows that we are creatures of light and we cannot be touched or destroyed by anything made out of atoms or destroyed at all - that light is indestructible. And we may reflect that and express that in multiple trillions of discrete ways, but nevertheless, that indestructible sense of joyful capacity to express life and express love is always there. — Richard Bach

Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but also of opportunity, empowerment and, most important, dignity. — James Gustave Speth

To see a thing one has to comprehend it. An armchair presupposes the human body, its joints and limbs; a pair of scissors, the act of cutting. What can be said of a lamp or a car? The savage cannot comprehend the missionary's Bible; the passenger does not see the same rigging as the sailors. If we really saw the world, maybe we would understand it. — Jorge Luis Borges

To work - to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do. — Katherine Mansfield

Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art. — Joseph Joubert

Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything — Khaled Hosseini

To realize the truth, you have to cross the boundaries of all religions and prophets. — Amit Ray

Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time. — Gary Shteyngart