Merthyr Valley Quotes & Sayings

In the land of Israel was born the Jewish nation. There came an order to kill the religious and social spirit of the people ... And after the nation turned back to its land with strength, it protected it steadfastly ... — David Ben-Gurion

Sire, there is no royal road to geometry. — Euclid

I miss you terribly. You see, you always talk about getting cure of our romance, and I did my best to help! But now you have me definitely and hopelessly 'contaminated' to the extent that I am sick at heart. Strangeley, I do not want to be cured! I love you completely. — Leslie Maitland

But in love, merit is won blindly and unaccountably, and in this blindness and unaccountability lies happiness.
pp. 445-446 — Ivan Goncharov

There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong. — Yotam Ottolenghi

At Loch Mor we walked down a spongy hill to a valley. The sun was dropping then dropped, leaving a sky of frilly reds. The moon appeared too soon. The valley sloped around a teardrop-shaped lake, pink with the bizarre fuchsia bursts of the late-coming sunset. Violet heather bruised the green weedy ground as we jumped down. This was a place conceived in a burst of emotion by a melancholy boy. — Dave Eggers

The truth of my experience is that we are all a lot more alike than we are different. — Anne Lamott

The parish is the presence of the Church in any given territory, an environment for hearing God's word, for growth in Christian life, for dialogue, proclamation, charitable outreach, worship and celebration. — Pope Francis

For a moment she was pissed off, and then the feeling was gone. Jess was just being Jess, trying to protect his image of himself to himself, the way all thinking people do so they can get to sleep at night. — Stephen King

What was the purpose of a woman monster?
It came out in a whisper. 'What am I for? — Kristin Cashore

I'm just a movie fan. I used to go to the movies just to watch movies. — Debbie Reynolds

Once your rights to yourself are surrendered to God, your true personal nature begins responding to God immediately. Jesus Christ brings freedom to your total person, and even your individuality is transformed. The transformation is brought about by love - personal devotion to Jesus. Love is the overflowing result of one person in true fellowship with another. — Oswald Chambers

There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity. — Michael Leunig