Distritos Quotes & Sayings

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

If we read the Scriptures, God will shine in our heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If I say something about David [Bowie], I get 1000 tweets, if I say something about my business just a few! The more personal, the better. — Iman Abdulmajid

The same set of statistics can produce opposite conclusions at different levels of aggregation. — Thomas Sowell

Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do,
In spider's web a truth discerning,
Attach one silken strand to you
For my returning. — E.B. White

Please, when I come home, don't forget the "soul" ... and I don't mean "sweet sayings" ... I mean the truth, the sharing of our inmost thoughts, good or bad ... lost or comforting. That is the soul. I think it. The soul, is I think, a human being who speaks with the pressure of death at his head. That's how I'd phrase it. The self in trouble ... not just the self without love (as us) but the self as it will always be (with gun at its head finally) ... To live and know it is only for a moment ... that is to know "the soul" ... and it increases closeness and despair and happiness ... — Anne Sexton

It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising. — Meles Zenawi

I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping. — Freddie Gibbs

Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire. — John Of The Cross