Girma Belete Quotes & Sayings

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see. — Josiah Royce

I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation. — Raymond Carver

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone. — Hermann Broch

He got up and there were both of us in our underwear and this kid goes through the whole thing again, all the closets, the bathroom, everything else and then he left. — Rod Steiger

If you could reason with religious people, there wouldn't be any religious people. — David Mitchell

When you're stuck, when you need a jolt, when you crave to see things from a new perspective, it's time to play. — Elle Luna

If we are going to be ready for Jesus Christ, we have to stop being religious. In other words, we must stop using religion as if it were some kind of a lofty lifestyle - we must be spiritually real. If you are avoiding the call of the religious thinking of today's world, and instead are "looking unto Jesus" (Hebrews 12:2), setting your heart on what He wants, and thinking His thoughts, you will be considered impractical and a daydreamer. But when He suddenly appears in the work of the heat of the day, you will be the only one who is ready. You should trust no one, and even ignore the finest saint on earth if he blocks your sight of Jesus Christ. — Oswald Chambers

Truthful vs. Honest
To salvage our relationships we cannot always be truthful,
but we shouldn't be anything less than honest. — Beryl Dov

Those who despair of life are not long for it. — Elizabeth Janeway

Let your experience be not one of failure but one that has taught you new things which you would not have known had you not tried — Epiphana Lewis