Teden Ljubiteljske Quotes & Sayings

no State can command obedience if it does not deserve respect; — Anonymous

Inside our heads there is a space which is completely blank. It holds no memories and has no thoughts. Antoinette wanted to find that place for once there, the world no longer has the power to hurt. She wanted to curl up in the cocoon of her bedding until that time came and never have to face reality again. — Toni Maguire

I think we tend to write out our phobias. — Stephen King

Over the phone, her laughter sounded like a warm bath. — Barbara Kingsolver

Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there ... when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay — Alexander Lukashenko

I found the best thing
I could do
was just to type away
at my own work
and let the dying
die
as they always have. — Charles Bukowski

No one can tear your thread out of himself.
No one can tie you down or set you free. — Philip Larkin

Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me. — Gerry Harvey

Just ticking boxes is not the ultimate goal here. Embracing a culture of teamwork and discipline is. And if we recognised the opportunity, the two-minute WHO checklist is just a start. — Atul Gawande

You can't work in a steel mill and think small. Giant converters hundreds of feet high. Every night, the sky looked enormous. It was a torrent of flames - of fire. The place that Pittsburgh used to be had such scale. — Jack Gilbert

If we are to teach real peace in the world, and if we are to carry on a war against war, we have to begin with the children. -Mahatma Ghandi — Michael Gallegos Borresen

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — W. H. Auden

Do not allow defeat to extinguish your dreams. If you keep working and remain optimistic, opportunities can come your way. — George W. Bush

Jesus says to Nicodemus, "though the light has come into the world, people have preferred darkness to the light" (John 3:19). In me I can feel this strange preference for the darkness. It seems as if I resist coming into the light and enjoy staying in my self-made darkness. Jesus offers the light, the truth, the life coming from above. He makes it clear that God wants to pull me away from the darkness; he wants to offer me a solid love to dwell in, a firm ground to stand on, a faithful presence to trust in. But I have to look upward instead of inward, and embrace the gifts that are given. Yet — Henri J.M. Nouwen

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods. — Robin S. Sharma