Guetterman Lee Quotes & Sayings

The tree was so old, and stood there so alone, that his childish heart had been filled with compassion; if no one else on the farm gave it a thought, he would at least do his best to, even though he suspected that his child's words and child's deeds didn't make much difference. It had stood there before he was born, and would be standing there after he was dead, but perhaps, even so, it was pleased that he stroked its bark every time he passed, and sometimes, when he was sure he wasn't observed, even pressed his cheek against it. — Karl Ove Knausgard

The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie. — William Shakespeare

Why don't you find out for yourself?
Then you'll see the glass, hidden in the grass. — Morrissey

When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something. — Robert Browning

You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine. — Tim Minchin

My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny ... You give my son back, and I'll pay my taxes. — Cindy Sheehan

A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everyone around us. — Orison Swett Marden

The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish. — Mahatma Gandhi

Life is something for which there is no answer; it must be understood from moment to moment. — Bruce Lee

Death was a one-shot deal - it happened, and then you were free. Sally was an old-school southern woman, and Hank knew first-hand that they weren't nearly as kind as death when they got cross. — Drew Hayes

Man is the cruelest animal. — Friedrich Nietzsche

He said something like that:
"In all languages in the world, there is the same proverb: 'What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.' Well, I say that there isn't any ounce of truth in it. The further off they are, the closer to the heart are all those feelings that we try to repress and forget. If we're far from exile, we want to store away every tiny memory of our roots. If we're far from the person we love, everyone we pass in the street reminds us of them.
At the end of the service, I went up to him and thanked him: I said I was a stranger in a strange land, and I thanked him for reminding me that what the eyes don't see, the heart does grieve over. And my heart has grieved so much, that today I'm leaving. — Paulo Coelho