De Erlernte Quotes & Sayings

I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter and understand all the normal situations. We don't know how the laws fit together, and what happens under extreme conditions. But I expect we will find a complete unified theory sometime this century. The is no limit to the complexity that we can build using those basic laws. — Stephen Hawking

Civil religion is the attempt to empower religion, not for the good of religion, but for the creation of the citizen. — Stanley Hauerwas

Ooh la la! A real gothic romance, I don't doubt. What secrets and scandals it must contain." She wagged her eyebrows comically. "Now that's a book that might very well hold my attention. — Julie Klassen

The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect. — Florence Nightingale

Go for the sense of inner joy, of inner peace, of inner vision first and then all the other things from the outside appear. — Marci Shimoff

I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me. — Chief Joseph

When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step. — Gerald Kersh

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right. — Marilyn Monroe

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time. — Paul McCartney

The tear stayed in her eye, never falling down her cheek, and then the left side of her mouth crept up into a half-smile. This was my mom. She would come home to us again.
-If I Know It's Coming — Nick Hupton

Once there was, once there wasn't, God's creature were as plentiful as grains and talking too much was a sin. — Elif Shafak