Gerbitz Quarter Quotes & Sayings

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We can't be sinning in so many different ways if we are being quiet before God. Silence nourishes patience, charity, discretion. — Elisabeth Elliot

There is no such thing as magic, supernatural, miracle;
only something that's still beyond logic of the observer. — Toba Beta

Compassion allows us to accept everything. That's why there's always a tear in the eye of the Buddha that no one sees, for the pain and suffering of others. — Frederick Lenz

I mean, the ones on trial are not like me in any way: they're a different kind of human being. They live in a different world, they think different thoughts, and their actions are nothing like mine. Between the world they live in and the world I live in there's this thick, high wall. At least, that's how I saw it at first ... I became a lot less sure of myself. In other words, I started seeing it like this: that there really was no such thing as a wall separating their world from mine. Or if there was such a wall, it was probably a flimsy one made of papier-mache. The second I leaned on it, I'd probably fall right through and end up on the other side. Or maybe it's that the other side has already managed to sneak its way inside of us, and we just haven't noticed. — Haruki Murakami

I love photography and art-directing is something that I really would enjoy to do. — Gianni Versace

Now your burnt ashes float to mingle with others And as I wait for another day I keep singing another song How did I go astray! — Lindiwe Mabuza

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. — Henry David Thoreau

People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own. — Gabrielle Union