Festina Lente Quotes & Sayings

God is forgotten, the mighty dollar has taken his place and the mechanic cannot ease the troubled soul. The road is closed. Under circumstances such as these America only increases speed. America will not stop for anything, it wants to get on, go on, forge a way ahead. Should America turn back? Absolutely not! It simply increases the pace a hundredfold, acts the hurricane and whips life up to a white heat. In Europe nowadays we have the word Americanism, the old days had festina lente. — Knut Hamsun

Festina lente. You know what that means?"
Hurry slowly."
Bene." He smiled.
-A Good & Happy Child — Justin Evans

Festina lente. Make haste slowly. — James Rollins

Festina lente may well be his motto — Bram Stoker