Nooshin Zolfaghari Quotes & Sayings

He, the Life of all, our Lord and Saviour, did not arrange the manner of his own death lest He should seem to be afraid of some other kind. No. He accepted and bore upon the cross a death inflicted by others, and those other His special enemies, a death which to them was supremely terrible and by no means to be faced; and He did this in order that, by destroying even this death, He might Himself be believed to be the Life, and the power of death be recognised as finally annulled. A marvellous and mighty paradox has thus occurred, for the death which they thought to inflict on Him as dishonour and disgrace has become the glorious monument to death's defeat. — Athanasius Of Alexandria

If, for my sins, or by my good fortune, I come across some giant hereabouts, a common occurrence with knights-errant, and overthrow him in one onslaught, or cleave him asunder to the waist, or, in short, vanquish and subdue him, will it not be well to have some one I may send him to as a present, that he may come in and fall on his knees before my sweet lady, and in a humble, submissive voice say, 'I am the giant Caraculiambro, lord of the island of Malindrania, vanquished in single combat by the never sufficiently extolled knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, who has commanded me to present myself before your Grace, that your Highness dispose of me at your pleasure'? — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Launching a nice little war to divert national attention was a gambit no less appealing to nineteenth-century politicians than it is to their present-day counterparts. — Jon Krakauer

Fear is a powerful beast, if it is allowed the mastery. — Mary Balogh

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current. — Benjamin Walker

Fraud and deceit have been practiced since the beginning of history ... Brass has been called gold; glass has been sold as diamonds; and poison has been hawked as excellent food. The story of fraud throughout the ages forms an ugly chapter of human history. — John Andreas Widtsoe

I believe in anything that causes mass hysteria in children. — Robby Takac

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night. — Judah Friedlander

A pen is never worthless. In the right hand, it holds a whole world and all the treasures you could ever want. Now write your story. All of it. — Ian Baucom

But high up on the mountain When the wind is hitting it If you're watching very closely The rock slips a little bit ... — Harry Chapin

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful! — Philip James Bailey

I did not like the thing in me which he had been able to seduce. — Christa Wolf

I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them. — William Shirley