Kapferer Prisma Quotes & Sayings

Since we can produce all types of light by means of hot bodies, we can ascribe, to the radiation in thermal equilibrium with hot bodies, the temperature of these bodies, and thus every radiation, even that issuing from a phosphorescent body, has a certain temperature for every colour. — Wilhelm Wien

Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share of suffering and rejection. But each has a different share: some God deems worthy of the highest form of suffering, and gives them the grace of martyrdom, while others he does not allow to be tempted above that which they are able to bear. But it is the one and the same cross in every case. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone. — Elizabeth Fry

God can turn stones into bread, and a sinner can turn bread into stones; the bread of life into the stone of stumbling. — Thomas Watson

I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint. — Mahatma Gandhi

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

You have only one chance to raise your child. — Jackie Kennedy