Dreisatz Quotes & Sayings

You do not want to live in a country ruled by people who never have any doubts. To have doubts is human. A horse has no doubts, a grasshopper has no doubts, an ant has no doubts. But a human being stops to think sometimes, and when he thinks, he hears a voice asking quietly, 'Are you certain that you are right? You must be certain before you pull that trigger. You must be certain before you put your knife to that man's throat.'
Would God have given us the power to question if he wanted us to behave like grasshoppers and ants? I am sure God takes pleasure in all the creatures of the world, but I am also sure that his greatest pleasure is a human being who puts his knife away because he is not sure, because a doubt has come into his mind. — Najaf Mazari

Sometimes, when you don't ask questions, it's not because you are afraid that someone will lie to your face. It's because you're afraid they'll tell you the truth. — Jodi Picoult

What else is nature but God? — Seneca The Younger

A person is nothing if not the product of the lies he believes about himself. — Bobby Adair

The despairing are always being urged to abstain from selfishness, to think of others first. This seems unfair. Why load them with responsibility for the welfare of others, when their own already weighs them down? — Julian Barnes

If you always look forward, will you go straight? In order to do so, you have to look to your sides and rear and check the traffic signs. And you have to ask for directions from other people. — Lee Eun-sung

Perfect," he said to himself. "Every time I figure you bastards out, you change again. — Jason M. Hough

Yes, everyone else is smart, everyone else is cool, everyone else is healthy and attractive - but she brought you. — Robin Sloan

How could you think I wouldn't know you?" he chided softly. "I know the way you move, the way you bite your lip when you're nervous, the sound of your laughter, your eyes. I know your hands and your skin, your scent, the way you try to pretend that something doesn't bother you when you're very bothered indeed. — Anne Stuart

I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back. — Katarina Witt

The [true] intellectual is he who does not let harm done to others and nor let any harm done to even one's own self. — Dada Bhagwan