Svengali Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Who can describe the injustice and the cruelties that in the course of centuries the peoples of color of the world have suffered at the hands of Europeans? ... We and our civilization are burdened, really, with a great debt. We are not free to confer benefits on these men, or not, as we please; it is our duty. Anything we give them is not benevolence but atonement. — Albert Schweitzer

Love is like an umbrella. It protects us from the storms of life. — Joanie Bruce

Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace. — Helene Hanff

Establish liberty on a rock of brass. — Maximilien Robespierre

Faith in God is the instrument which enables men and women to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path. — William Barclay

The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself to win. — Andy Murray

I live and die with the Indians. The first game I attended back in the mid-'90s was almost a religious experience. We were down by six and won by two, and it was glorious. The stadium is so beautiful, and the way it frames the city when you're sitting high above the second base line is spectacular. — Mary Doria Russell

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. — John Pomfret

'Snow' is my most popular book in the United States. But in Turkey, it was not as popular as 'My Name is Red,' or even 'The Museum of Innocence,' because the secular leaders didn't want this bourgeois Orhan trying to understand these head-scarf girls. — Orhan Pamuk

Someone's opinion of you isn't reality ... unless you decide to allow it!! You are who God says you are!!! — Paula White