Datorii Contingente Quotes & Sayings

If a mother is mourning not for what she has lost but for what her dead child has lost, it is a comfort to believe that the child has not lost the end for which it was created. And it is a comfort to believe that she herself, in losing her chief or only natural happiness, has not lost a greater thing, that she may still hope to "glorify God and enjoy Him forever." A comfort to the God-aimed, eternal spirit within her. But not to her motherhood. The specifically maternal happiness must be written off. Never, in any place or time, will she have her son on her knees, or bathe him, or tell him a story, or plan for his future, or see her grandchild. — C.S. Lewis

He could hide from ugliness - in the evening. — John Steinbeck

Alleged commitment to democracy and human rights is mere rhetoric, directly contrary to actual policy. — Noam Chomsky

Nobody is "superior" to anybody else, only "different", that is all! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, Death in the Afternoon - as well as all of the short stories that writers studied for the inner trick of them. But there was no trickery: only the plain words put there as if they had always been there - like pebbles cooled in a river. — Naomi Wood

As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as one's sister is also not bad. But the other attitudes are very difficult and dangerous. It is almost impossible to keep to the purity of the ideal. — Ramakrishna

If I didn't already own this, how much would I spend to buy it? — Greg McKeown

Always valuable, your attention has now also become one of your most insecure assets and most-sought-after possessions. — Edward M. Hallowell

The fact is, I was given a heart. I was given this gift of life that few receive and I had to decide how I wanted to use it. Not how others deem noble.
So I finally stripped away the fear and anxiety, and suddenly life become crystal clear. — R.S. Grey

Sleep came to me like a thin tide of water. It would lap against my body but never submerge me. — Hannah Kent

It has always touched my heart to sense so deeply how much the Father loved His eldest son. — Robert D. Hales

Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power. — Amartya Sen

What is love?" Noah said with a wry smile. "If it is having someone on you mind so continuously that you can't eat, sleep or think about anything else, then yes, I love her — Lesley Pearse

Some people never get farther than where they start from, never find out what else there is, or ask questions, or get answers. — Gina Willner-Pardo

I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us. — Will Rogers