Gijsbert Nijenhuis Quotes & Sayings

A man's mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light. — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

It's not so much what happens to us, as what happens in us that counts. — Tim Hansel

Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother. — Charles Perrault

Word on the street is how the Pastor bought pussy on Saturday, and then spit cum lies on Sunday. Riddle me that Batman, — Flenardo L Taylor

And so the Scots grew restless, moaning all the time as only they could. — A.J. Hartley

What is remembered is not a deed in stone but a metaphor. Meta = above. Pheren = to carry. That which is carried above the literalness of life. A way of thinking that avoids the problems of gravity. The word won't let me down. The single word that can release me from all that unuttered weight. — Jeanette Winterson

Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system. — Robert Musil

One day passes and another day comes along, and everything happens the same. But basically, we are so afraid of the brilliance coming at us, and the sharp experience of our life, that we can't even focus our eyes. — Chogyam Trungpa

I've just been working hard, trying to get some good stuff to come out. — David Duval

She prunes the idea away like a faded rose blossom, and quickly discards it as if the thorns might puncture her resolve. — Beth Neff