Famous Mennonite Quotes & Sayings

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year. — Julian Baggini

What she showed me was, Yes, I am Grandmother as she is; there is no separation, really, between us. And that, on this planet, Grandmother Earth, there is no higher authority. That our inseparability is why the planet will be steered to safety by Grandmother/Grandmothers or it will not be steered to safety at all. — Alice Walker

In love's service, only the wounded soldier can serve. — Thornton Wilder

Someone once told me the difference between a rut and a grave is this: a rut has a little more room to move around. When I find myself in a rut, I know I better get out fast before it becomes a grave. — Regina Brett

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied. — Jeremiah Wright

Sometimes you like the idea of someone so much, you just want to do whatever it takes to make it work. — Mindy Kaling

Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of his errors, that you'll react into the opposite one, and he's got you. — C.S. Lewis

Yes it is true that pro-capitalist forces have a lot of power. But so did slave-holding racists. We give ourselves hope when we conceptualize capitalism as a set of practices that can be challenged by fighting the piece of the puzzle we feel most compelled to fight. — Cynthia Kauffman

I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their friends are and where their work is. That's why you have people who have lived in New York for like 20, 30 years who don't speak English. They just live in a Chinese community or an Indian community. More than anywhere you'll find that in Queens. — Himanshu Suri

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion. — Benjamin Cardozo

I'm a huge electronic-music fan. — Joseph Kosinski

Being a conservative on campus is like bing a goat amongst the taliban. You are never safe. — Greg Gutfeld

Procrastination also can be a way of self-handicapping: if you don't do a great job, you can always say to yourself, "If I'd only started sooner, I'd have been able to produce something excellent." — James Surowiecki