Monash University Quotes & Sayings

As every real estate agent knows, a poor house in good surroundings will sell for a higher price than a better house in poor surroundings, and in a town they confidently ask 25 percent more rent for a flat with a view of a park that for an identical flat with no view. — Nan Fairbrother

One wonders how much real conversation there is when one party does not, in many districts, have to contend for the votes of minorities, and the other can only elevate minorities into positions of power when the political wind is blowing in its direction. — Garrance Franke-Ruta

A dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, smart or dumb. Give him your heart.. and he'll give you his. — Milo Gathema

Evil things often look beautiful.
But that's because they've stolen the beauty from the good ... Evil isn't beautiful on its own. — Regina Doman

Silence is the wit of fools. — Anatole France

Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values. — Nancy Pearcey

The good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind. — Aristotle.

Let's trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let's lay down our righteousness and just be together. — Ram Dass

Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the body with no regard to the mind or the emotions. But the body and mind are not separate, and we cannot treat one without the other. — Candace Pert

The task of the historian is to understand the peoples of the past better than they understand themselves. — Herbert Butterfield

An Ounce of kindness always goes a lot further than an ounce of bitterness. So sprinkle it every time you can.You always can! — Timothy Pina

He could always go back to be a shepherd, but he had a dream. That's doesn't happen to just anyone. — Paulo Coelho

I called him up from a phone booth. The voice that answered was fat. It wheezed softly, like the voice of a man who had just won a pie-eating contest. — Raymond Chandler

The ones who send out the eternally unchanging prayer. The winged ones flying in the heavens ... flapping the wings of happiness, full of love. It's a premonition that's almost like certainty. Someday there will be a chance meeting. We're sure to be drawn to each other. This is not the end. Beloved ones gathered by fate. Neither god nor human. The ones born wrapped in a dazzling love. They are called angels. — Kaori Yuki