Maximo Decimo Meridio Quotes & Sayings

Writing, I reminded them, can't be taught or learned in a vacuum. We must say to students in every area of knowledge: "This is how other people have written about this subject. Read it; study it; think about it. You can do it too." In many subjects, students don't even know that a literature exists - that mathematics, for instance, consists of more than right and wrong answers, that physics consists of more than right or wrong lab reports. I — William Zinsser

The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you. — Robert A. Heinlein

He had felt safe with what he had confided. It had been the same with Queenie. You could say things in the car and know she had tucked them somewhere safe among her thoughts, and that she would not judge him for them, or hold it against him in years to come. He supposed that was what friendship was, and regretted all the years he had spent without it. — Rachel Joyce

The heart of Jesus glowed, because it was holy. Holy things glowed in general. — Margaret Atwood

Happiness is something that just happens because of the arrangement of circumstances, but joy endures in spite of circumstances. — John Hunter

In a proper Islamic University, fard 'ain knowledge which represents the permanent intellectual and spiritual needs of the human soul
should form the core curriculum, and should be made obligatory to all students. Fard kifayah knowledge
reflecting societal needs and global trends
is not obligatory to all, but must be mastered by and adequate number of Muslims to ensure the proper development of the Community and to safeguard its proper place in world affairs. The fard 'ain knowledge shall include knowledge of the traditional Islamic sciences such as the Arabic language, metaphysics, the Qur'an and Hadith, ethics, the shari'ah sciences, and the history of Islam. Consonant with our position that these fard 'ain sciences are not static but dynamic, they should be continuously studied, analyzed, and applied in relation to the fard kifayah sciences; i.e. the fields of their specialization. — Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

The old bells of the church of San Frediano toll with bold resounding strokes. In their wake broadening rings of silence seem to echo up over the rooftops. The setting sun rakes incandescent highlights over the water. A group of waterfowl on an island of grass half way across the river appear made of silver light. — Glenn Haybittle

Iris GL (GL is short for "graphics library"). — Anonymous

Those who fight against God's people are fighting against God, and fighters against God will not prevail. — Watch Tower Bible And Tract Society

'Lucky Us' ends with a description of a photograph of the novel's fictional family. I could never get enough of my own family photo albums. — Amy Bloom

One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure. — Doris Lessing

Darling,
I know what
your eyes look like
when your heart is breaking. — N.L. Shompole

Three English bulldogs count for one kid. — Troy Polamalu