Lakonische Quotes & Sayings

It is wrong to live under constraint; but no man is constrained to live under constraint. — Seneca.

Sometimes, it's the scary things in life that are the most worthwhile. — Cora Carmack

Yet the penalty for sin is not determined by our measure of it. Instead, the penalty for sin is determined by the magnitude of the one sinned against. — David Platt

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work but the solidest things we know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe. It will work miracles in your life. — Louise L. Hay

When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political cancer that breeds cynicism about democratic government and infects all of society. — Edward Brooke

None of it was ever easy, but that wasn't the point. I had never asked writing to be easy; I had only asked writing to be interesting. And it was always interesting to me. — Elizabeth Gilbert

If you wish to write, write. — Epictetus

Their combined ages were two hundred and sixty-three years. None of them had ever been out of England, fought in a war, been in prison, ridden a horse, travelled in an aeroplane, got married, or given birth to a child. There seemed no reason why they should not continue in the same style until they died. Year in, year out, nothing ever happened in the Comstock family. — George Orwell

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel. — Natan Sharansky

Real life is me searching for answers but winding up feeling more lost than ever. Looking — Autumn Doughton

I love you like the sun loves the day. - Brody Madden — Kate McCarthy

Sometimes the critics will like a film, and the public doesn't come. Sometimes the critics won't like the film, and the public will come. It's completely spontaneous. It's a hazard. — Woody Allen