Gebirge Quotes & Sayings

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other. — Haile Selassie

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men! — Terence

I liked sleeping on the couch; it made every night seem like a sleepover. I liked the non-permanence of it. — Penny Reid

It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress); it is the nature of man to seek good and avoid evil; it is the nature of God to seek neither, but just to be eternally blissful. Let us be God! — Swami Vivekananda

His lips were practically grazing my nose. His gray eyes were so intense I could feel them reach my soul - if that were possible, anyways. With a smile so devious on his face and in his eyes Xavier whispered, "I can tell that every part of you wants to give in to what I am. The feeling that you feel right now is consuming. I've been there before, Ava. You can't deny everything much longer."
Closing my eyes, and swallowing back every temptation I felt, I backed away from his warmth. I opened my eyes to see his eyes searching my face in pure awe.
"Watch me," I challenged. — Barbara C. Doyle

There's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way. — Bill Gates

Toward 1175 rich veins of copper, silver, and gold were found in the Erz Gebirge (i.e., ore mountains); Freiberg, Goslar, and Annaberg became the centers of a medieval "gold rush"; and from the little town of Joachimsthal came the word joachimsthaler - meaning coins mined there - and, by inevitable shortening, the German and English words thaler and dollar. — Will Durant

In the 1930s, there as a stretch here you could borrow more against the real estate than you could sell it for. I think that's hat's going on in today's private-equity world. — Charlie Munger

I am not proposing to replace war with peace. I propose to replace war with a smarter fight. A fight using other instruments, more intelligent instruments to convince people not to use drugs. — Fernando Henrique Cardoso

But attempts to evade anxiety are not only doomed to failure. In running from anxiety you lose your most precious opportunities for the emergence of yourself, and for your education as s human being. — Rollo May

Every moment is precious, even the ones behind me that I often reflect upon with a reserved smile. However ... I seldom look back, only forward in anticipation of the next greater now. — Carl Henegan