Gianin Loffler Quotes & Sayings

Elend sat still in a room full of men who trusted him, even as they rejected him. — Brandon Sanderson

Is there not perhaps a contradiction between our feeling of freedom and the rigor, as we now understand it, with which things operate in the world? — Carlo Rovelli

It seems like someone is using wars and our economic crisis to spread distrust and rancor among the population. In times like these, those are dangerous feelings to spread around. — Riccardo Bruni

Whoever is in charge of such things had been sparing with his blessings on the moment Benno was born. He had neither looks nor wit nor skill. He was not large or strong, he could not sing; in fact, he had a stammer, which on most occasions left him self-consciously mute. One gift only had been given, a gift as simple as it is rare: the gift of pure goodness. He knew, unerringly, what was right, what was kind, what would make people happy, and he did it without fail. His goodness took no effort; there was no internal scale to be balanced. He hoped for no reward and feared no hell. He was not clever- in his final year of school before the teachers despaired of him, he was asked how he would equitably divide a half-pound loaf of bread among himself and two friends. He said he would go without and his two friends would each have a quarter pound, and neither threats of failure not the switch could persuade him to change his answer. — Laura L. Sullivan

Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it. — Simone Weil

You will never go home, cancerous little polyp! — A.G. Howard