Sigfrid Knauer Quotes & Sayings

Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms, a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert, someone who loves you - even, perhaps, against all evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your football team, army, business, or marriage thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition. Religions are places to stand and look and act, vantage points from which to view the world. So none of this is happening. Such things could not occur. Never a word of it is literally true. — Neil Gaiman

Once an affair is over, the cheaters need to agree not to see each other anymore in order to reestablish trust with their spouses. — Emily Yoffe

Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary. — Milan Kundera

One of my most important 'Secrets of Adulthood': Outer order contributes to inner calm. — Gretchen Rubin

It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness. — Mick Jagger

What could the Lord Jesus Christ have done for you more than he has? Then do not abuse his mercy, but let your time be spent in thinking and talking of the love of Jesus, who was incarnate for us, who was born of a woman, and made under the law, to redeem us from the wrath to come. — George Whitefield

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face. — Eric Holder

Protected by hundred bodyguards, even a chick can show some courage! That's also the secret of why some head of states look brave! — Mehmet Murat Ildan