Pineles Quotes & Sayings

The idea of human rights and freedoms must be an integral part of any meaningful world order. Yet, I think it must be anchored in a different place, and in a different way, than has been the case so far. If it is to be more than just a slogan mocked by half the world, it cannot be expressed in the language of a departing era, and it must not be mere froth floating on the subsiding waters of faith in a purely scientific relationship to the world. — Vaclav Havel

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. — Joyce Maynard

Knowin' all about baseball is just about as profitable as bein' a good whittler. — Kin Hubbard

Don't waste your prayers on the past, when the future is where you're going. — Ginn Hale

Your failures contain key to your success and your destination — Sunday Adelaja

We are all exposed to the flash bulb of death. — Allen Ginsberg

Natasha tried to wedge herself into the conversation, but as usual the triangle would not widen into a square. p.302 — Anthony Marra

Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions. — Mark Frauenfelder

Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279). — Richard Baxter

At my age an affair of the heart is a bypass! — Joan Rivers

Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof. — Nhat Hanh

The wicked man, when he dies, is driven to his grave, but the Christian comes to his grave. — Charles Spurgeon

Sacrilege is often defined as taking something that belongs to God and using it profanely. But there is a bigger sacrilege we commit all the time. That is to take something and give it to God when it means absolutely nothing to us. — Ravi Zacharias