Darpana Academy Quotes & Sayings

If Jesus had to suffer, why would we think ourselves exempt? After all, as He explained, "a disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master" (Matthew 10:24). — David Jeremiah

I'm asking you a goddamn question, Hansen! No soul! No conscience! I'm asking you if you've ever met the devil!" God's thunderous voice practically rattled the glass in the hangar windows. "If — A.E. Via

That's the problem. People, especially unhappy people, want a cause. They want something to belong to, to be a part of something great and bigger, and to be led. It's easy to be a cog in a machine: you don't have to think, you have no responsibility. You're just following orders. Doing as you're told." "I — Ilona Andrews

Words travel, because the word arctic comes from arktos, Greek for bear. Cancer comes from the Greek word for crab, karkinos. Memory, or one of its locations in the brain, the hippocampus, means seahorse. A bestiary is buried in our language. — Rebecca Solnit

Sometimes I wish that I could sing or dance or paint or compose symphonies or build cathedrals to express somehow what all of this means to me. I wish I were a priest or a robin or a child or a sunset. — Robert Benson

A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations. — Karl Popper

In my stubborn youth, I believed that I could stand alone, that I was strong enough to conquer my enemies with sword and with principles. Arrogance convinced me that by sheer determination, I could conquer helplessness itself. Stubborn and foolish youth, I
must admit, for when I look back on those years now, I see quite clearly that rarely did I stand alone and rarely did I have to stand alone. Always there were friends, true and dear, lending me support even when I believed I did not want it, and even when I did
not realize they were doing it. — R.A. Salvatore

David Fincher is a genius. — Chuck Palahniuk

Let all be loved for Jesus' sake, but Jesus for His own. Jesus Christ alone is to be specially loved, for He alone is found good and faithful above all friends. For His sake and in Him let both enemies and friends be dear to thee, and pray for them all that they may all know and love Him. Never desire to be specially praised or loved, because this belongeth to God alone, who hath none like unto Himself. Nor wish thou that any one set his heart on thee, nor do thou give thyself up to the love of any, but let Jesus be in thee and in every good man. — Thomas A Kempis

If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them, — Angelina Jolie

Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true. — Peter Cosgrove

Read! Read something every day. Discipline yourself to a regular schedule of reading. In fifteen minutes a day you can read twenty books a year. — Wilferd Peterson

Satan uses any means, ethical or unethical, to distract us from trusting in God, drawing us away to trust in ourselves by moving us into fear, into anger, into pride. — J.P. Moreland

She had a lifetime of practice at arriving late in a family of four and being loved by all. — Jonathan Franzen

I'm starting to wonder if the whole point of life is to be thankful and to live in such a way others are thankful for theirs as well. — Donald Miller