Mirtala Sarmiento Quotes & Sayings

So many times after a catastrophe like 9/11, Estonia in Sweden, the Holocaust or whatever, we are so fond of lifting up the hero examples, but actually 99 percent of survivors have done something that they feel very guilty about. — Ruben Ostlund

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy — Julia Gregson

It is more difficult for a man to be faithful to his mistress when he is favored than when he is ill treated by her. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We cannot keep our eyes focused on Jesus while our greed lusts for worldly security. We may go through the motions, but eventually the misplaced priority of worldliness will corrode the soul's joy. — Tony Reinke

Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners. — Charles Henry Parkhurst

We must embrace a new agenda based on inclusiveness; a commitment to reconnecting the social and the economic; a relinking of the latter to a plausible redistributive system; and a determination to ensure that everyone has access to justice. All these things are within our reach. — Noreena Hertz

We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people. — Noah Baumbach

Culloden, Scotland, April 1746
All around was the awful sound of moaning. It was not just mournful, but the sound of immense suffering, the cries of dying men. The battle had waged on, and the day was far spent. In dirt and blood, the soldiers waded on. Horizontal rain, snow, and wind made the normal battle conditions much worse.
Near the edge of the field I stood holding a gun, pointing it at the lad who had once been my best friend. He was dressed in the red coat of a government soldier; I was not. — David Holdsworth

The real secrets are not the ones I tell. — Mason Cooley