Portal 2 Oracle Turret Quotes & Sayings

What do the few existing mystics still do?
They more or less mold the raw chaos of already existing religion. But only in an isolated, insignificant manner, through feeble attempts. Do it in a grand manner from all aspects with unified efforts, and let us awaken all religions from their graves, newly revivify and form the immortal ones through the omnipotence of art and science. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray. — William Zinsser

I felt the heat of the animosity they bear towards me, the vindictive nature that drives a man to destroy his neighbour in a fire as if he were a banned book ... for what is the difference? Every book is imbued with the human spirit. — Sjon

God tested Abraham. Temptation is not meant to make us fail; it is meant to confront us with a situation out of which we emerge stronger than we were. Temptation is not the penalty of manhood; it is the glory of manhood. — William Barclay

No one was quite sure how to treat this mourning that wasn't for a death. — M.L. Stedman

It's horrible being ashamed of someone you care about; it eats away at you. And if you let it get to you, if you give up the fight and surrender, eventually that shame turns to hate. — Tabitha Suzuma

It's her first grandchild, so she's really, really, really excited. I guess my mom is a little more stressed out than me. — Brandy Norwood

Time perfects men as well as destroys them. — Chanakya

I start at the beginning, go on to the end, then stop. — Anthony Burgess