Szczesny Jerzy Quotes & Sayings

When God said "Let there be light" he surely must have meant perfectly coherent light. — Charles Hard Townes

She truly became our 'fair lady.' The children of the world have lost a true friend, and an important and eloquent advocate. — James P. Grant

Ninety-nine [students] out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual. — William Torrey Harris

With thunder and heavenly fireworks must one speak to indolent and somnolent senses. But beauty's voice speaketh gently: it appealeth only to the most awakened souls — Friedrich Nietzsche

The form of religion was always a trivial matter to me ... The pageantry of the Roman Church that first mothered and nurtured me touches me to this day. I love the Protestant prayers of the English Church. And I love the stern and knotty argument, the sermon with heads and sequences, of the New England Congregationalist. For this catholicity Catholics have upbraided me, churchmen rebuked me, and dissenters denied that I had any religion at all. — Mary Catherwood

Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier."
"No greatness, then."
"Val," said Mother, "goodness trumps greatness any day."
"Not in the history books," said Valentine.
"Then the wrong people are writing history, aren't they?" said Father. — Orson Scott Card

Who is the ideal reader? God only knows. — John Barton

It's the job that I take most seriously in my life and I think it's the hardest job. — Debra Messing