Gafner Parts Quotes & Sayings

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind? — Jack Kornfield

But it's a poor fellow who can't take his pleasure without asking other people's permission. — Hermann Hesse

Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant. — Oswald Chambers

Our identity has already been chosen for us; but it is up to us to accept it, or fight and change it. — Afnan Ahmad Mia

In other words, our constitution was designed by people who were idealistic but not ideological. There's a big difference. You can have a philosophy that tends to be liberal or conservative but still be open to evidence, experience, and argument. That enables people with honest differences to find practical, principled compromise. On the other hand, fervent insistence on an ideology makes evidence, experience, and arguments irrelevant: If you possess the absolute truth, those who disagree are by definition wrong, and evidence of success or failure is irrelevant. There is nothing to learn from the experience of other countries. Respectful arguments are a waste of time. Compromise is weakness. And if your policies fail, you don't abandon them; instead, you double down, asserting that they would have worked if only they had been carried to their logical extreme. — Bill Clinton

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second. — Ken Kesey