Eyckendael Riemst Quotes & Sayings

We overcome the evil in the world by the charity and compassion of God, and in so doing we drive all evil out of our own hearts. The evil that is in us is more than moral. There is a psychological evil, the distortion caused by selfishness and sin. Good moral intentions are enough to correct what is formally bad in our moral acts. But in order that our charity may heal the wounds of sin in our whole soul it must reach down into the furthest depths of our humanity, cleaning out all the infection of anxiety and false guilt that spring from pride and fear, releasing the good that has been held back by suspicion and prejudice and self-conceit. Everything in our nature must find its right place in the life of charity, so that the whole man may be lifted up to God, that the entire person may be sanctified and not only the intentions of his will. — Thomas Merton

Honestly achieved results surpass all others. — Michael Diamond

I'm sitting on the stile. Mary,
Where we sat side by side. — Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness Of Dufferin And Ava

Even the best plans can change if there's an accident. — Lemony Snicket

We've always been enemies, Flay. And we always will be. — Clay Griffith

Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism. — Jewel

Depressions aren't good but the depression mentality is good. — Seth Klarman

Wonder if anyone in the world works harder at anything than American school kids work at popularity. Navy SEALS and neurosurgery residents seem slackers by comparison. — Paul Graham

A hand up is worthier than one's own fist grasping a higher rung of the ladder. — Doris Grumbach

I haven't done years of diversity training, so sometimes I say things which are probably tactless, and I don't mean to, to be honest, I don't mean to do that. — David Davis

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours. — Laurence J. Peter

Every time a student's family income increases by $5,000, the student's SAT score (either math or verbal) rises; for each $5,000 decrease, the score drops. This holds true every year and for every ethnic group. — Christopher De Vinck