Hajinian Quotes & Sayings

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen. — Benjamin Franklin

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even to most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support. — Henry David Thoreau

Love, I take it, must look toward something not quite accessible, something not quite understood. — James Branch Cabell

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have a nightmare about Tony [Blair] and Gordon [Brown] killing each other. Not every month, but now and then. I also have a recurring dream about losing. — Alastair Campbell

Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus Christ tells us that a glass of water would not go unrewarded. You see, therefore, my children, that although we may be quite poor, we can still easily give alms. — John Vianney

Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it. — Rachel Cusk