Miriade It Quotes & Sayings

When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted by what you wish to believe, but look only and surely at what are the facts. — Bertrand Russell

Flowers just keep growing, detached and sure of themselves, she had once said,. We're the fragile ones. — Arturo Perez-Reverte

As in the general society, fertility tends to be greatest where people are poorest: "The rich get richer, and the poor have children." In — Thomas Sowell

For the novelist or poet, for the scientist or artist, the question is not where do ideas come from, the question is how they come. The how is the mystery. The how is fragile. — E.L. Konigsburg

We were born in a Jewish world, as part of a Jewish faith tradition. We had to translate ourselves into the neo-Platonic thinking Greek world; that took us about 400 years. Then, finally a man named Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, recast Christianity in terms of neo-Platonic thought. — John Shelby Spong

CROWN
Too much rain
loosens trees.
In the hills giant oaks
fall upon their knees.
You can touch parts
you have no right to
places only birds
should fly to. — Kay Ryan

Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle. — Laura Berman

Man loneliness was much bigger than boy loneliness. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

The history of humanity is the history of human freedom ... Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the opposite of necessity. Freedom is necessity overcome. Progress is, in essence, the progress of human freedom. Yes, and after all, life itself is freedom. The evolution of life is the evolution of freedom. — Vasily Grossman

The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on. — Alexander Pope

Generally speaking, psychiatry is concerned with the treatment of neuroses, with patients who are aware of their illness and wish to be cured. Dr. Franz Weiss — Rennie Airth

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America. — Mitt Romney