Erfasst Translation Quotes & Sayings

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their ethical traditions. When churches become cozy with the state, they lose the capacity and the will to criticize unjust policies. — Edd Doerr

Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not. — Rosalind Kaplan

'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling. — Domhnall Gleeson

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act. — Paulo Coelho

There is something less than fully human in those who have never known a commitment to an idea, who have never risked an exploration of the unknown, who have never attempted the kind of creativity of which men and women are potentially capable. — Betty Friedan

The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax. — Alfred Kazin