Derafelo Quotes & Sayings

Frankly, I had enjoyed the war ... and why do people want peace if the war is so much fun? — Adrian Carton De Wiart

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through. — E. M. Forster

Prayers without action is activity in futility. — Sunday Adelaja

And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice ... — Gunter Grass

I am surprised to see that today everything that does not amount to surrender pure and simple to generalized capitalism, let us call it thus, is considered to be archaic or old-fashioned, as though in a way there existed no other definition of what it means to be modern than, quite simply, to be at all times caught in the dominant forms of the moment. — Alain Badiou

As Marshall McLuhan pointed out, we've become so removed from reality that we're starting to prefer artificiality. — Adam Leith Gollner

coming

down
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going

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nothing — Geof Huth

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. — Theodore Roosevelt

There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast. — Mitch Albom

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago — Siegbert Tarrasch

Tom hunts alone. While shunned by all he sees, he grows aware that, in reality, life is lived alone. When with a hen, there's only an illusion of sharing; a pretence that life's trials are easier to endure. Even sleep is a barrier that can't be shared. — Peter Gray

Hitch your wagon to a star. — Ralph Waldo Emerson