Purgatorial Universal Reconciliation Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware
and this honors you
of the historical greatness of your position, that you think too modestly about yourself. Everything you do is destined to be of historic significance. One day, your letters, your decisions, will belong to all mankind, like those of Wagner and Brahms. — Stefan Zweig

But spectacular lies don't need to be perfect. They rely less on the liar's skill than on the listener's expectations and wishes. After Mark's dishonesty was exposed, I understood how much I wised that what he had told me had been true. — Siri Hustvedt

In order to continue to do interesting work, you need to be ... proceeding. — Sam Waterston

The colour which had been driven from her face, returned for half a minute with an additional glow, and a smile of delight added lustre to her eyes, as she thought for that space of time that his affection and wishes must still be unshaken. But she would not be secure. — Jane Austen

Do we have to shed blood to reform the current system? I hope it doesn't come to that! But it might. — Timothy McVeigh

Nature is a definite thing. But nurture is just as powerful. It can really mess with you. — Henry Cavill

We do our best when we are in over our heads, and we eventually forget about how panicked we felt at the time. That's one of the amazing aspects about book publishing. Yes, it is conservative by nature and rich with tradition, but every morning on the job I still feel like a freshman. There is still so much to learn about serving the church through publishing, and that is its enduring joy. — Ann Byle

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it. — Boris Trajkovski

Even enlightened people think of themselves as beginners. They probably think of themselves as beginners more than others do - perpetual beginners who begin again each moment because their subject is endless. — Frederick Lenz

We have little choice but to place a certain level of trust in scientists - even when it comes to the model-driven speculative discipline of climate change. And, need it be said, most scientists take great care in being honest, principled and precise. — David Harsanyi

He'd been lying to himself all these months.
He WAS in love with her. And he had no idea what to do about it. — Courtney Milan

[,,,]he saw it as his Christian duty. Jesus had given his life for others, and a knight must do the same, and nothing was nobler than saving a young woman. — Melanie Dickerson

Well, youre not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world. — Gary Sinise