Standaert Boekenwinkel Quotes & Sayings

Unlike an inexorable, Newtonian "great machine", the economy is not a closed system. — George Gilder

For a fair maid of England hath told me
That the crows are departed the Tower.
So I'll seek for my bailiwick elsewhere,
Sniffing out some new dungheap of power. — Paul Christensen

What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse. — Epictetus

A ray of light illuminates any darkness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Maybe it ain't about others' mistakes,
but only your need for someone to blame. — Toba Beta

The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as a feather on an elephant's back. — Baba Hari Dass

If you trace the history of Islamist terrorism, you see that its founders were great admirers of European fascism. They read the texts of European fascism, they quoted them in speeches and letters. This is not from the Koran - the Koran doesn't teach you how to repress people; there's nothing in there about women having to cover their faces, there's certainly nothing about suicide bombing. — Bernard-Henri Levy

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Ah, these double meanings," she said. "Who invented the English language, I wonder? He did not do a stellar job of it, whoever he was. — Mary Balogh

There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets is not a 1-to-1 translation. It's a crossing of ideas that generates the stories that you see in print. — Jim Lee

There (in the Soviet Union) it was a science. In order to be a coach, you had to study in school. — Gabe Polsky

Your tragedy is God's opportunity to show Himself faithful. — Jim George

The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything. — Julian Of Norwich