Oostrum Netherlands Quotes & Sayings

But he wasn't that man anymore. He had lost too much, and in his loss, he'd thrown more away. — Kristin Hannah

Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined. — Corinne Maier

The first principle of monotheist religions is 'God exists. What does He want from me?' The first principle of Buddhism is 'Suffering exists. How do I escape it? — Yuval Noah Harari

Growing up crowds your mind with new thoughts and new feelings so that you forget how you used to think and feel. — Maureen Daly

By annihilating somebody else in whatever way, then that person feels that they also have the ability to, then, restore the person. — Jennifer Beals

No one likes to feel used. When the perceived focus becomes the content over the person, people feel used. When teachers are valued only for the test scores of their students, they feel used. When administrators are "successful" only when they achieve "highly effective school" status, they feel used. Eventually, "used" people lose joy in learning and teaching. Curriculum does not teach; teachers do. Standards don't encourage; administrators do. Peaceable schools value personnel and students for who they are as worthy human beings. ... If your mission statement says you care, then specific practices of care should be habits within your school. — Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business. — G.K. Chesterton

I always wanted to be a teacher. — Nicky Hilton

Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing oneself in words: the most primitive nations have poetry, but only quitewell developed civilizations can produce good prose. So don't think of poetry as a perverse and unnatural way of distorting ordinary prose statements: prose is a much less natural way of speaking than poetry is. If you listen to small children, and to the amount of chanting and singsong in their speech, you'll see what I mean. — Northrop Frye

You don't want to diminish anybody's pain and suffering. — James Callis

It is only when we "rejoice with trembling" that we fully grasp who the God of Scripture is. — Anonymous

A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought. — Edith Hamilton

The ref blew the whistle and the pack took off. The "jostling" from earlier had turned into a "melee" Sun Tzu would have been afraid of. — Shelly Laurenston

In everyone's life, there is great need for an anam cara, a soul friend. In this love, you are understood as you are without mask or pretension. The superficial and functional lies and half-truths of social acquaintance fall away, you can be as you really are. Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home. Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul. This recognition is described in a beautiful line from Pablo Neruda: "You are like nobody since I love you." This art of love discloses the special and sacred identity of the other person. Love is the only light that can truly read the secret signature of the other person's individuality and soul. Love alone is literate in the world of origin; it an decipher identity and destiny. — John O'Donohue