Ercolano Song Quotes & Sayings

The Roman world, like an aged man, wished to dwell in peace and tranquillity and to enjoy in philosophic detachment the good gifts which life has to bestow upon the more fortunate classes. But new ideas disturbed the internal conservatism, and outside the carefully guarded frontiers vast masses of hungry, savage men surged and schemed. The essence of the Roman peace was toleration of all religions and the acceptance of a universal system of government. Every generation after the middle of the second century saw an increasing weakening of the system and a gathering movement towards a uniform religion. Christianity asked again all the questions which the Roman world deemed answered for ever, and some that it had never thought of. — Winston S. Churchill

A freedom-fighter is a slave to freedom. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I used to think how dangerous the world would have been if these ants were the size of dogs. They would have cut the humans in two halves just by a single strike of their flippers. — Abhishek Leela Pandey

If you come at the Bible as if it's a document of encyclopedic information, you've pretty much killed any kind of life change in a seeker and unbeliever. — Erwin McManus

Other things, like capitalism, free enterprise, the economy, currency, the market, are not forces of nature, we invented them. They are not immutable and we can change them. — David Suzuki

Get plenty of education. Lead you class in all things. Keep your body clean and strong. Keep your opinions to yourself. — Kurt Vonnegut

I'm English. I can't accept happiness that easily. There's got to be a trick in there somewhere. — David Bowie

Pissy is a nice way to say bitchy, but I'm okay with it. — C.J. Ellisson

...morning is the soul's night. — David Foster Wallace

Practically every successful person you know of is successful, in part, because they moved the destructive and disruptive people out of their lives. — Bryant McGill

Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail. — Isaac Asimov

The only thing harder than leaving is being left behind. — Jennifer E. Smith

The first thing that came to mind was an angel. Her hair flowing and shiny. Her legs dangling, long and smooth. She looked perfect where she was, like a painting.
And then I remembered that Satan was also an angel. — Penelope Douglas

The greatest adventure that can happen to a human being is the movement from mind to no-mind, the movement from personality to individuality. The no-mind has an individuality: the mind is social. — Rajneesh