Nancy Dufresne Quotes & Sayings

Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind. — Anonymous

America is an unusually religious nation. — Rodney Stark

By staying married, we give something to ourselves and to others: hope. Hope that in steadfastly loving someone, we ourselves, for all our faults, will be loved; that the broken world will be made whole. To hitch your rickety wagon to the flickering star of another fallible human being -- what an insane thing to do. What a burden, and what a gift. — Ada Calhoun

The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid. — G.K. Chesterton

I am tired of safe places, and roofs, and walls around me. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The devils at once, it matters not. We must fight him all the same. He went to the hall door for his bag, and together we went up to Lucy's room. — Bram Stoker

A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. — Paul Klee

Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die — William Cowper

I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger
to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me. — Immaculee Ilibagiza