Dzidra Ritenberga Quotes & Sayings

Suffering brings me so close to God. — Ram Dass

People just need to be confident in their own skin and be proud of themselves. — Bristol Palin

The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

As you set off into the world, don't be afraid to question your leaders. But don't ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky. — Will Ferrell

But I decided that buying the gift was more for me than for her, anyhow. A commercial kind of substitute for prayer. — Joe Haldeman

Oh, torture. Is this purgatory, and if it is, why is it so much like the first grade? — Margaret Atwood

It is perfectly serendipitous,' said the boy, descending the steps to the street. 'Fancy that - us meeting a second time! Of course I have wished for it, very much - but they were vain wishes; the kind one makes in twilight states, you know, idly. I remember just what you said, as we rounded the heads of the harbor - in the dawn light. "I should like to see him in a storm," you said. I have thought of it many times, since; it was the most delightfully original of speeches.'
Anna blushed at this: not only had she never heard herself described as an original before, she had certainly never supposed that her utterances qualified as 'speeches. — Eleanor Catton

With drama, you need to be laughing, in between takes, 'cause you're going to those recesses of your soul and those dangerous parts. Normally, if you're not an actor or some crazy artist, you don't feel the need to run around in those areas. You keep them separate because it's painful. — Josh Peck

Older than I look, younger than I ought to be. My skin is a riddle not to be solved, and even letting go of everything I love won't offer me the answer. My window is closing, if that's what you're asking. Every day I wake up a little more linear, a little less lost, and one day I'll be one of the women who says 'I had the most charming dream,' and I'll mean it. Old enough to know what I'm losing in the process of being found. — Seanan McGuire

Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited? — Ai Weiwei

Ancestral habits of mind can be constricting; they also confer one's individuality. — Bharati Mukherjee

if we move beyond the education bubble that we're living in today, the future will be one in which people can speak about these things more clearly. — Timothy Ferriss

I'm old enough to have lived in a country where, if you were willing to work hard, you could have a fairly nice life. You could support your family, and even get a shot at owning your own home. But you never thought you'd get a swimming pool. Now culture has hypnotised people into thinking they're really nothing if they're not wealthy and a Kardashian. — Tom Petty

War is not natural. We have to be trained for it, soldiers and citizens alike. — Ann Jones