Holdeman Mennonites Quotes & Sayings

And looking at these faded snapshots I see, the child that survives in me sees with a pang that - I am old enough to be that man's father, and he has been dead for nearly twenty years, and yet it troubles me that he was happy. Why? In some way his happiness was at that time (and forever after, it would seem) a threat to me. It was not the kind of happiness that children are included in, but why should that trouble me now? I do not even begin to understand it. — William Maxwell

I've been told I am the 'fittest fat person' in the world.How relaxed you are or how happy you are is all in the mind. — Rashmi Bansal

But I still had to tell myself, Keep looking up. I will tell you, he isnt Superman for nothing. — Erica Durance

I can't walk down the streets. It's very difficult. I can't go to the mall. I have to go to hotels just to have a meal. Everybody wants to say hi and say thank you and congratulate me, so it's very difficult. — Manny Pacquiao

Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists. — Vladimir Bukovsky

There are few things that can reconcile us fully to our parting with a world of which the longest life can see so little and whose beauties have so extraordinary a variety. — Freya Stark

Do something extraordinary, something world changing with your life. Barring that, at least do something that brings you joy." - the dragon Furidor — Kai Herbertz

Small-minded fools are everywhere and those with the courage to be who they are often have to suffer them. — Kristen Ashley

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary. — Kathleen Norris

The average bloke ... hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible. — Robert A. Heinlein