Results Notre Dame Quotes & Sayings

The life of a good man will hardly improve us more than the life of a freebooter, for the inevitable laws appear as plainly in theinfringement as in the observance, and our lives are sustained by a nearly equal expense of virtue of some kind. The decaying tree, while yet it lives, demands sun, wind, and rain no less than the green one. It secretes sap and performs the functions of health. If we choose, we may study the alburnum only. The gnarled stump has as tender a bud as the sapling. — Henry David Thoreau

Some say they love you, but some actually "do" the loving. These are the ones that truly love you, because love is seen in actions. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

You're bigger than the toys. We are always bigger than the things we make. Put them away. Make something new with your life, with your own mind and hands. — Hannu Rajaniemi

To expect punishment is to suffer it; and to earn it is to expect it. — Seneca.

Lee was my father's lawyer, a mensch. But he's been very sick. Cancer. Pancreatic." "That's one of the worst. A killer." "Yes, the ones that kill you are definitely the worst. [ ... ] — Sam Lipsyte

Art reveals the transitory as an absolute; & as the transitory existence is perpetuated through the centuries, art too, through the centuries, must perpetuate this never-to-be-finished revelation. Thus, the constructive activities of man tale a valid meaning only when they are assumed as a movement toward freedom; & reciprocally, one sees that such a movement is concrete: discoveries, inventions, industries, culture, painting, & books people the world concretely & open possibilities to men. — Simone De Beauvoir

The hateful thing about most hotels nowadays is that they only have duvets. I hate duvets. — Quentin Blake