Rittenberg Principles Quotes & Sayings

What is good looking, as Horace Smith remarks, but looking good? Be good, be womanly, be gentle,-generous in your sympathies, heedful of the well-being of all around you; and, my word for it, you will not lack kind words of admiration. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Make an amiable intermediary of an egg, which comes between the various parts of food to bring about difficult reconciliations. — Emmanuel Des Essarts

Our children remind us, if we let them, that there are not only many types of dreams but many levels of dreaming, that we do not have to go to sleep in order to dream and that when we imagine something vividly we are doing far more than 'making things up': we may be punching a hole in the world, opening a path into a larger reality. — Robert Moss

It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages? — William Booth

The cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy. — Neal A. Maxwell

Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore. — Abigail Van Buren

The curious thing about individuals is that their singularity always goes beyond any category or generalization in the book. — Haruki Murakami

life's worst experiences can be valuable gifts. — Mia Sheridan

This is perfect." I breathed. "Please tell me it won't end. Promise me. — Alicia Kobishop

Time is a track that loops back on itself, where memories rattle like tin trains. How had I been spending my days, but in the whirl of memories? — Steve Almond

I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church ... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative. — Pope Francis

Music, for me, is completely self-indulgent. I write it, I play the instruments, I arrange it, I produce it. It's all about me - as it should be. — Lenny Kravitz

As humans, we waste the shit out of our words. It's sad. We use words like "awesome" and "wonderful" like they're candy. It was awesome? Really? It inspired awe? It was wonderful? Are you serious? It was full of wonder? You use the word "amazing" to describe a goddamn sandwich at Wendy's. What's going to happen on your wedding day, or when your first child is born? How will you describe it? You already wasted "amazing" on a fucking sandwich. — Louis C.K.

Henrietta, who might well have been responsible for the first A.A. work in institutions. — Ed Nyland

the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism, — Alexander Hamilton