Dingfelders Delicatessen Quotes & Sayings

One of the ways we build intimate relationships with other people is by sharing our fears with them, telling them the things that still frighten us. ...
"When we begin to appreciate the ways in which people have been frightened in their lives, we can be compassionate toward them, rather than angry [p. 97]. — Sylvia Boorstein

...Don't you ever get the feeling that for all that people try to be so civilized and sophisticated, we're really just animals pretending to be human? — Marie Zhuikov

Humans without humanity, a war-torn world for eternity — Mouloud Benzadi

Reporters ... most were carrion who fed on human tragedy. — JoAnn Ross

You're right." He cut me off. "I never understood this country. I never understood why he chose to leave everything else behind and stay for this. Not until I met you."
I felt like he'd pushed me, like I was falling and I needed him to reel those words back in to keep me standing straight.
"You /are/ this country, Amani." He spoke more quietly now. "More alive than anything ought to be in this place. All fire and gunpowder, with one finger always on the trigger. — Alwyn Hamilton

In the fight against the communism in history, only Codreanu didn't give up. He was a new kind of Jesus — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a country out of bigotry. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. Courage did that. Faith did that. People who refused to consult or cower to their timidities did that. But fear itself? Fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out? — Max Lucado

Mercy is most empowering, liberating, and transformative when it is directed at the undeserving. The people who haven't earned it, who haven't even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion. — Bryan Stevenson

If someone wants to suck your toes, those toes should be worth sucking. — Margaret Atwood

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. — Michael Shermer

Every moment has infinite potential. Every new moment contains for you possibilities that you can't possibly imagine. Every day is a blank page that you could fill with the most beautiful drawings. — John C. Parkin

Battle with unconditioned breath the unconditioned air. Shun electric wire. Communicate slowly. Live a three-dimensional life; stay away from screens. — Wendell Berry