Ophavslov Quotes & Sayings

Take away wilderness and you take away the opportunity to be American. — Roderick Nash

Whatever else you fail of, do not fail of the influence of the Holy Spirit; that is the only way you can handle the consciences of men. — David Brainerd

I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. — Arthur C. Clarke

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. — Gautama Buddha

Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future. — Francine Rivers

"Star Trek" expands almost instinctively - the more information you seek from it, the more it gives. It also has the benefit of taking place in our future, our mutual destinies as occupants of a peaceful, non-polluted Earth. — Hank Stuever

It's dying," I say. "When the center is exposed like that, it doesn't have a chance."
"But it's beautiful," she points out, I stare at the shriveling cactus and try to see the beauty in it.
"That's the way I want to go out," she decides.
"What?" I ask. "Torn up and ripped open?"
She shakes her head. "Totally exposed, with no regrets. You can tell this cactus lived; it has the battle scars to prove it. Why go out looking perfect and put together? It means you didn't experience anything. You didn't take any risks. — Katie Kacvinsky

...that special despondent and accursed look that only our hospitals and prisons have. — Anton Chekhov