Ealdorman Uhtred Quotes & Sayings

If passion rules, how weak does reason prove! — John Dryden

A respectable person is invariably unrespectable within. — Osho

All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible. — Stephen Vizinczey

Culture cannot be a monolithically universal phenomenon without some kind of demonic imposition of one culture over the rest of cultures. Nor is it possible to dream of a universal "Christian culture" without denying the dialectic between history and eschatology which is so central, among other things, to the eucharist itself. Thus, if there is a transcendence of cultural divisions on a universal level - which indeed must be constantly aimed at by the Church - it can only take place via the local situations expressed in and through the particular local Churches and not through universalistic structures which imply a universal Church. — John D. Zizioulas

First, I started taking dance classes, and then I started taking singing lessons. Then my mom put me into a year-round theatre program where I did seven shows. — Lilla Crawford

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful. — George Eliot

The interaction between math and physics is a two-way process, with each of the two subjects drawing from and inspiring the other. At different times, one of them may take the lead in developing a particular idea, only to yield to the other subject as focus shifts. But altogether, the two interact in a virtuous circle of mutual influence. — Edward Frenkel

Just as the lame man at the pool of Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John5:1-9), so we are dependent on the miracles of Christ's atonement if our souls are to be made whole from grief, sorrow, and sin — Merrill J. Bateman

Extreme distress, which unites the virtue of a free people, imbitters the factions of a declining monarchy. — Edward Gibbon