Havannah Winter Quotes & Sayings

Christianity was preached just on the basis of the fascination of this fanaticism, and that is what made it so attractive to the Greek and the Roman slaves. They believed that under the millennial religion there would be no more slavery, that there would be plenty to eat and drink; and, therefore, they flocked round the Christian standard. Those who preached the idea first were of course ignorant fanatics, but very sincere. In modern times this millennial aspiration takes the form of equality--of liberty, equality, and fraternity. This is also fanaticism. True — Swami Vivekananda

try if you can to not stay in the small box of old thinking. — Roland Merullo

I was too tired, too sad, too much of everything. — Emery Lord

Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy. — Bryant McGill

Degrees of accuracy are only degrees of refinement and magnitude in no way affects the fundamental reliability, which refers, as directional or angular sense, toward centralized truths.
Truth is a relationship. — R. Buckminster Fuller

Experience takes dreadfully high school-wages, but he teaches like no other. — Thomas Carlyle

It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings.
It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks — George Eliot

The National District Attorney's Association Bulletin reported a revealing study that was conducted on another group of destructive men: child sexual abusers. The researcher asked each man whether he himself had been sexually victimized as a child. A hefty 67 percent of the subjects said yes. However, the researcher then informed the men that he was going to hook them up to a lie-detector test and ask them the same questions again. Affirmative answers suddenly dropped to only 29 percent. In other words, abusers of all varieties tend to realize the mileage they can get out of saying, "I'm abusive because the same thing was done to me." Although — Lundy Bancroft

A gentleman's brain must be treated gently and never overburdened. It gets so little exercise. We don't want it strained. — Jayne Fresina

They say it's better than sex. It's so much better. It's amazing. — Angelina Jolie

It is a historical error for those who were not there to just refer to August 28th as 'I Have a Dream' speech day. That is a real disservice to those who were there. It was a sad day. It was not a celebration environment. — Jesse Jackson

Manhattan scene - you are surrounded and yet you find solace; you find isolation in the tornado of people. — Harlan Coben

My wallet was getting even more anorexic than usual. At this rate I wouldn't be able to afford to protect mankind from the perils of black magic. Hells bells, that would be really embarrassing. — Jim Butcher

Ah, there are moments for us here, when, seeing
Life's inequalities, and woe, and care,
The burdens laid upon our mortal being
Seem heavier than the human heart can bear. — Phoebe Cary

Five years from the date of the attack that changed our world, we've come back to remember the valor of those we lost-those who innocently went to work that day and the brave souls who went in after them. We have also come to be ever mindful of the courage of those who grieve for them, and the light that still lives in their hearts. — Rudy Giuliani