Setsan Quotes & Sayings

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Here is the tragedy of theology in its distilled essence: The employment of high-powered human intellect, of genius, of profoundly rigorous logical deduction - studying nothing. In the Middle Ages, the great minds capable of transforming the world did not study the world; and so, for most of a millennium, as human beings screamed in agony - decaying from starvation, eaten by leprosy and plague, dying in droves in their twenties - the men of the mind, who could have provided their earthly salvation, abandoned them for otherworldly fantasies. — Andrew Bernstein

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours. — Jane Austen

The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination to hold on to it. That apparent power has, again and again, proved vulnerable to human qualities less measurable than bombs and dollars: moral fervor, determination, unity, organization, sacrifice, wit, ingenuity, courage, patience. — Howard Zinn

Belief in love can be hard, but faith in the romantic strings played by fate is faith in the symmetrical symphony sweetly delivered to comfort the screams of your heart — Gaiven Clairmont

Lords of spirit, Lords of breath,
Lords of fireflies, stars, and light,
Who will keep the world from death?
Who will stop the coming night?
Blue eyes, blue eyes, have the sight. — Madeleine L'Engle

Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life. — Donald Barthelme

One reason I never called balks is that I never understood the rule. — Ron Luciano

It is certainly important to be looking for cures to medical disorders, but it is equally important to conduct research on human health and well-being. — Stephen LaBerge

Our real debt ceiling isn't decided by Washington; it's decided by Beijing. — David Burge

To breathe is to live, but to write unimpeded is to breathe eternal. — M. Clifford

Lots of unbelievable things happened. Every day. Things like gravity. — Myra McEntire

The public is anold woman.Let her maunderand mumble. — Thomas Carlyle

Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve. — Martin Luther King Jr.