Efemeridade Quotes & Sayings

People don't follow ordinary people; they follow extraordinary people. — Enock Maregesi

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy. — John Mott

Love is nature's psychotherapy. — Eric Berne

A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him. — Alexis De Tocqueville

Fashion is a cruel mistress. — Hester Browne

Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too. — Evan Bayh

We are not 'censored' in the traditional way in the United States: writers are not beaten or killed because of their words, and no Ministry of Truth enforces an official version of what can be printed and thought. But in this culture of images, we are censoring ourselves. That may be more insidious and long-lasting. What I mean is that we disparage long-term complexity, and extol superficiality. We ignore reading, and lavish time on images. To read, in my mind, is to consider and to think. To see an image is to react. What happens when we start believing the world and what is important in it are only these reactions and prejudices? What have you become when the most expected of you is simply to press a 'Like' button? What kind of gulag is it when its inhabitants are too stupid to understand they are its prisoners? — Sergio Troncoso

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity. — Sophocles