Romanou Nikoleta Quotes & Sayings

Mono no aware, my son, is an empathy with the universe. — Ken Liu

Wie Gott in Frankreich' was the expression used by the Jews of Eastern Europe to describe perfect happiness. I puzzled over this simile for many years, and I think I can interpret it now. God would be perfectly happy in France because he would not be troubled by prayers, observances, blessings and demands for the interpretation of difficult dietary questions. Surrounded by unbelievers He too could relax toward evening, just as thousands of Parisians do at their favorite cafes. There are few things more pleasant, more civilized than a tranquil terrasse at dusk. — Saul Bellow

We cannot know the consequences of suppressing a child's spontaneity when he is just beginning to be active. We may even suffocate life itself. That humanity which is revealed in all its intellectual splendor during the sweet and tender age of childhood should be respected with a kind of religious veneration. It is like the sun which appears at dawn or a flower just beginning to bloom. Education cannot be effective unless it helps a child to open up himself to life. — Maria Montessori

I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself. — Albertus Magnus

A potato is a poor thing, poorly treated. More often than not it is cooked in so unthinking and ignorant a manner as to make one feel that it has never before been encountered in the kitchen ... — M.F.K. Fisher

I made the mistake of thinking that external accomplishments would bring me peace. I thought it was about the job or a book or making a name for myself. — Maria Shriver

I have a little baby. She knows who I am. My friends know. My family knows. — Marla Maples

Concentrate your energy and hoard your strength. — Sun Tzu

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. — Evan Esar

If you are always looking for an impact, a legacy, and success, you will not take the time to care for the things that matter. — Michael S. Horton

We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will be able to cooperate with our education if we go easy on the "blocking" techniques, the outright prohibitions, the "no's" and go heavy on "substitution" techniques, that is, the redirection or certain impulses and the offering of substitute satisfactions. — Selma Fraiberg