Estrangelo Edessa Quotes & Sayings

Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought. — Marshall McLuhan

I just think the mood of the country is now that people don't necessarily want an elected official to tell them how they ought to cast their vote. Matter of fact, it's the opposite, and they want to express themselves, and they have a right to, and I'll respect their choice. — John Cornyn

To know Christ entails accepting his will as norm. When we feel this we draw back, startled for it means the cross. The it is better to say honestly: "I can't yet," than to mouth pious phrases. Slow there with the large words "self-suffender," and "sacrifice." It is better to admit our weakness and ask him to teach us strength. — Romano Guardini

I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in 20 minutes. So did I write for six hours and 20 minutes, or just 20 minutes? I used to write absolutely every day, except for days when I had to travel or something. — Chuck Klosterman

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. — Laurence J. Peter

Some day the road that you choose will be your destiny
The hope and the anxiety you grasped tightly
Will surely move you and me, because it will become a light — Anonymous

It's darn today, damn tomorrow, and next week it'll be goddamn. — Louise Meriwether

Forgiveness is not an option; it is essential for life. — Debasish Mridha

A grandmother's special calling is to pray and to be a fellow worker in the battle in which her children or her grandchildren are engaged. — Elisabeth Elliot

I remember going to a monastery library when I was very young and being surrounded by ancient books. I fell in love. — Hans Ulrich Obrist

The strange things about growing old is that the intimate identification with the here and now is slowly lost. One feels transposed into infinity, more or less alone. — Albert Einstein

A poet is not an inventor. A poet is a player that plays with words on the field of human imagination to excite a reader's mind with the colors of emotion. — Debasish Mridha