Normosthenic Quotes & Sayings

It is the sea that whitens the roof. The sea drifts through the winter air. It is the sea that the north wind makes. The sea is in the falling snow. — Wallace Stevens

Mainly through sins of impurity, do the forces of darkness subjugate souls. — Pope Pius XII

When someone hurts us, our natural instinct is to strike back - but when we do, we not only destroy any possibility of reconciliation, but we also allow anger and hate to control us. — Billy Graham

Back to the root of the word "profundity," it means insightful and understanding. — Pearl Zhu

I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice. — Paolo Bacigalupi

The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.' — Plato

You may not be the smartest, or the fastest, or the most talented. But you CAN work the hardest. — Kevin J. Donaldson

At the same time that Lahn's results were published, another team of scientists based at the University of California, San Diego, announced the discovery of a positively selected gene called SIGLEC11 that is expressed in brain cells called microglia. Although they can't yet explain the effects of the gene, it is interesting because it is one of the very few found only in humans and not in our ape cousins. This could make it a candidate for explaining some of the differences between us and them. — Christine Kenneally

In the 1940s, about 20% of people in the U.S. had graduated from high school, but less than 5% continued their education to get bachelors' degrees or higher. — Peter Diamandis

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. — Walter Hagen

I don't know what's the matter with you," she observed to him once; "but I suspect you're a great humbug. — Henry James