Defensio Quotes & Sayings

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue. — Martin Luther

A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper shelf ... For a month or two it will occupy a few minutes of chat in every drawing-room, and a few columns in every magazine; and it will then be withdrawn, to make room for the forthcoming novelties. — Thomas B. Macaulay

There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing! — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Christ said, "Resist not evil", and we do not understand it until we discover that it is not only moral but actually the best policy, for anger is loss of energy to the man who displays it. You should not allow your minds to come into those brain-combinations of anger and hatred. — Swami Vivekananda

If you are not thinking differently, you are not exercising your freedom. — Debasish Mridha

Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes. When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians! — George Carlin

Lugh goes first always first an I follow on behind.
An that's fine.
That's right.
That's how it's meant to be. — Moira Young

And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. — Amy Tan

Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others. — Jonathan Edwards