Elipsa Katalog Quotes & Sayings

Time is a great deadener; people forget, get bored, grow old, go away. — Jeanette Winterson

Islam is a system given by God and it aims to establish a fundamental principle of God's sovereignty and people's servitude to Him alone," Qutb wrote. "As such, Islam has the right to remove all obstacles from its way and address people freely without any impediments such as a political system or social customs and traditions . . . it is the right of Islam to take the initiative. It is not the creed of a particular people or the system of a particular country. It is a system given by God for the entire world. As such, it has the right to take action to remove all obstacles that fetter man's freedom of choice. It is a faith that does not force itself on any individual, it only attacks situations and regimes in order to free individuals from deviant influences that corrupt human nature and restrict man's freedom. — Mark Bowden

Few men know all the ill they do. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

He knew how it was to have no family: like living in a house with no roof. — Marie Rutkoski

Limitations imply possibilities. A problem is a challenge. — Russell Page

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. — Toni Morrison

Of course I was under the spell, and the wonderful part is that, even at the time, I perfectly knew I was. But I gave myself up to it; it was an antidote to any pain, and I had more pains than one. — Henry James

Where do the wheels of history lead? How can you be so sure that the wheels of history won't get bogged down in blood and marrow again? — Isaac Bashevis Singer

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. — Antoni Gaudi

Beauty is the promise of happiness. And the only happiness is action.
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Fate is the path of least action. — Kim Stanley Robinson

A bit of conversational sex makes a pleasant climate for creative effort ... — Anita Loos