Giussani Quotes & Sayings

Few American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson. — Jill Lepore

Love was like death that way. — Paul Russell

Without love, life is nothing but work and sleep. — Amanda Usen

Each moment is an opportunity to make a fresh start. — Pema Chodron

Felix just sat there, not smirking exactly - or not so as you could call him on it - but clearly happy with how unhappy he'd managed to make all of us. — Sarah Monette

Just because someone came back for you is no reason to be with them. Just because someone loves you is no reason to love them back. — Karyn Bosnak

It is sufficient to estimate the enemy situation correctly and to concentrate your strength to capture him. There is no more to it than this. He who lacks foresight and underestimates his enemy will surely be captured by him. — Sun Tzu

People say karma's a bitch. Personally, I really don't think I'm that bad. — Donna Augustine

I shall never exchange reading for riches. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Many people aren't aware of the teachings of Elijah Muhammad who taught some of our most significant conscious, black thinkers of our times. "He — Zoya

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists. — Robert Fisk

DON Luigi Giussani used to quote this example from Bruce Marshall's novel To Every Man a Penny. The protagonist of the novel, the abbot Father Gaston, needs to hear the confession of a young German soldier whom the French partisans are about to sentence to death. The soldier confesses his love of women and the numerous amorous adventures he has had. The young priest explains that he has to repent to obtain forgiveness and absolution. The soldier answers, "How can I repent? It was something that I enjoyed, and if I had the chance I would do it again, even now. How can I repent?" Father Gaston, who wants to absolve the man who has been marked by destiny and who's about to die, has a stroke of inspiration and asks, "But are you sorry that you are not sorry?" The young man answers impulsively, "Yes, I am sorry that I am not sorry." In other words, he apologizes for not repenting. The door was opened just a crack, allowing absolution to come in ... . — Pope Francis

che c'entra questo con le stelle? What has this to do with the stars? — Luigi Giussani

We want to keep the actual Civil War experience alive. — Bobby Riggs

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. — Maurice Maeterlinck

The bruises on one's heart were always the hardest ones to heal, they seemed to last the longest. — Brittainy C. Cherry

The film industry has become a universal medium exercising a profound influence on the development of people's attitudes and choices, and possessing a remarkable ability to influence public opinion and culture across all social and political frontiers. — Pope John Paul II