Secours Quotes & Sayings

What may be the significance of so many forms of "spirituality" on this planet that are antagonistic to "life" - and Christianity at the head of that list, with its "calumny" against life, its faith that just because nothing in life is eternal therefore life itself contains no value, nothing that makes it worth living, investing our souls in, committing our consciences to? — Kenny Smith

What is liberty? The measure of dignity. — Giannina Braschi

What was most annoying was that at first blush people usually took me to be good, to be kind, generous, loyal, faithful. Perhaps I did possess these virtues but if so it was because I was indiferent: I could afford to be good, kind, generous, loyal, and so forth, since I was free of envy. Envy was the one thing I was never a victim of. I have never envied anybody or anything. On the contrary, I have only felt pity for everybody and everything. — Henry Miller

An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel. — Paul D. Boyer

God doesn't work through us because we're flawless; rather, He works through us in spite of our imperfections. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Trivia rarely affect efficiency. Are all the machinations worth it, when their primary effect is to make the code less readable? — Brian Kernighan

I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director. — Cate Blanchett

Universal education through schooling is not feasible. It would be no more feasible if it were attempted by means of alternative institutions built on the style of present schools. Neither new attitudes of teachers toward their pupils nor the proliferation of educational hardware or software (in classroom or bedroom), nor finally the attempt to expand the pedagogue's responsibility until it engulfs his pupils' lifetimes will deliver universal education. The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment of his living into one of learning, sharing, and caring. — Ivan Illich

The Wellness Home reflects an unconventional way in order to promote health and wellness in a commercial establishment. — Alex Bridge