Hausvater Project Quotes & Sayings

All social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does; let them change their minds, and he does not. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Torbjorn (Hansen, Magnus Carlsen's first teacher) himself went from 2104 to 2204 in rating during the year he trained with Magnus. This reflects the experience I have had. One learns nearly as much from teaching others. — Simen Agdestein

Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one of us has parents and has either said goodbye to those parents or knows that someday they will. — John Grogan

There was a reason I was so into yoga. I was high-strung(news flash!). — Jennifer Echols

Put first things first and second things are thrown in. Put second things first and you lose both first and second things. — C.S. Lewis

It's hard to not make a mistake at Darlington. — Tony Stewart

Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee! — William Shakespeare

To understand anything is to find in it something which is our own, and it is the discovery of ourselves outside us which makes us glad. This relation of understanding is partial, but the relation of love is complete. In love the sense of difference is obliterated and the human soul fulfils its purpose in perfection, transcending the limits of itself and reaching across the threshold of the infinite. Therefore love is the highest bliss that man can attain to, for through it alone he truly knows that he is more than himself, and that he is at one with the All. — Rabindranath Tagore

I've got a gut feeling in my stomach ... — Alan Sugar