Riverside View Quotes & Sayings

Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes. — Isocrates

The friend of silence comes close to God. In secret he converses with him and receives his light. — John Climacus

I have wasted my hours. — Leonardo Da Vinci

In a lot of ways I was a generation ahead of my generation; I had a working mother wheneveryone else's mother was staying at home. — Patricia C. Wrede

Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended. Also, fear of them keeps people off the land, and thus prevents them from growing food. — Kofi Annan

Science goes through fads, and there are big ups and crashes. — Eric Betzig

In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people's possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences. — Christopher Hitchens