Nuotrauka Baltarusijos Quotes & Sayings

It's been a horrifying academic secret for decades that the children who walk away with the highest formal honors, the valedictorians and National Merit Scholars, have a horrendous performance record in later life. — John Taylor Gatto

Cities, quite literally, have more of the image of God per square inch than any other place on earth. How can we not be drawn to such masses of humanity if we care about the same things that God cares about? — Timothy Keller

Yudkin also fed high-sugar diets to college students and reported that it raised their cholesterol and particularly their triglycerides; their insulin levels rose, and their blood cells became stickier, which he believed could explain the blood clots that seemed to precipitate heart attacks. — Gary Taubes

Barthes found the exit to this merry-go-round by reminding himself that "it is language which is assertive, not he." It is absurd, Barthes says, to try to flee from language's assertive nature by "add[ing] to each sentence some little phrase of uncertainty, — Maggie Nelson

Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! And I have seen it only for an instant in the house of Elrond! Could I not have a sight of it again?"
Frodo looked up. His heart went suddenly cold. He caught the strange gleam in Boromir's eyes, yet his face was still kind and friendly. "It is best that it should lie hidden," he answered.
"As you wish. I care not." said Boromir. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm. — Steve Martin

The nation can prosper and be happy only when education develops in an atmosphere of Truth, Love and Reverence. — Sai Baba

Not for the first time, Peter thought about how much of our lives we spend sequestered inside small patches of electric brightness, blind to everything beyond the reach of those fragile bulbs. — Michel Faber

When you are angry, your blood pressure rises, you forget the basic norms of good behavior, you start shouting, you even use foul language and dig out all the past corpses of incidents afresh to ruin your future. So, choose to remain peaceful and stable --- whatever the situation. — Sanchita Pandey

His fidelity to the cliche transcended the necessity to communicate. — China Mieville

People always complain about The Grammys because they're not a pop contest, but they're not supposed to be a pop contest. They're about excellence. — Emily Lazar

If my path is with learning and tears and submission, can you not follow that same path? — Ted Dekker

Selfless actions create a higher karma, which brings you into higher states of mind. When you are in higher states of mind you will see things that you never saw before. — Frederick Lenz

Critics are those righteous experts who judge other people's hard earned accomplishmens as they themselves stand on the sidelines of life. — Aaron Lauritsen