Spengler Asia Quotes & Sayings

Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care makes us into rulers, controllers, manipulators. — Henri Nouwen

Thus did I receive, through the singing of these various hymns and the moral education that accompanied them, not only a religious, but a political schooling of sorts. For though the intertwining of morality and politics does not necessarily make for a clear understanding of the cynicism that governs world affairs., it does engender impatience with and a rejection of this cynicism, and a real belief in a more perfect, less unjust world. And though I regret not having been taught more about the real world, I have never regretted being taught this kind of morality first. — Jean Said Makdisi

All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing. — William Shatner

The only solution to the violence problem in America is a return to traditional parental involvement. This should be encouraged by every elected official. Also, the abandonment and neglect of children by their parents should have civil consequences. — Bill O'Reilly

My concern for education in New Mexico has always been there. I'm one of those kids that struggled through school, and I feel like I fell through the cracks. — Steven Michael Quezada

I just don't think it's true that people can't do something else after they've done something that seems so permanent. — Steve Burns

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in all law schools. — Robert A. Heinlein

The poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow. — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

Dear 2600: I am sick of seeing tangled cords at payphones. This is probably the result of people switching sides during their conversation, thus making the receiver do a 360-degree revolution. If people would put back the receiver the same way they found it, things would be a whole lot easier. Reply: All it takes is one to ruin it for the rest of us. — Emmanuel Goldstein