Taize Community Quotes & Sayings

Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof. — Jed Rubenfeld

It's been said that every institution is nothing but the extended shadow of one person. — Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

Everything worthwhile in life requires incremental effort — Radhakrshna Dasari

What did the others give to each other?
Nothingness.
Granger stood looking back with Montag. Everyone must leave something behind
when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a
wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand
touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when
people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there. It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The
difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the
touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the
gardener will be there a lifetime. — Ray Bradbury

You can't fight a battle you don't think exists. — John Eldredge

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it. — Van Morrison

Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution
even if it's right in front of your nose. — Lemony Snicket

Indians are sometimes accused of being condescending toward Westerners and of being excessively preachy in their attitude toward other nations. That accusation is sometimes correct. — Gary Weiss

If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector. — Jesse Ventura

He listened gravely to the discussion of possible danger, but in truth, he paid little heed. Silvanoshei was young, and the young know they will live forever. — Margaret Weis

Like the dew on the mountain, like the foam on the river, like the bubble on the fountain, thou art gone, and for ever! — Walter Scott