Transylvanian Mountains Quotes & Sayings

Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions. — Phyllis Schlafly

Another way to think about Centering Prayer is training the mind to become free from distractions so it can "rest in God. — Amos Smith

Many strong girls have similar stories: They were socially isolated and lonely in adolescence. Smart girls are often the girls most rejected by peers. Their strength is a threat and they are punished for being different. Girls who are unattractive or who don't worry about their appearance are scorned. This isolation is often a blessing because it allows girls to develop a strong sense of self. Girls who are isolated emerge from adolescence more independent and self-sufficient than girls who have been accepted by others.
Strong girls may protect themselves by being quiet and guarded so that their rebellion is known by only a few trusted others. They may be cranky and irascible and keep critics at a distance so that only people who love them know what they are up to. They may have the knack of shrugging off the opinions of others or they may use humor to deflect the hostility that comes their way. — Mary Pipher

She was crazy, and she was unpredictable, but she was also generous and open-hearted and like no friend I'd ever had before. — Sara Barnard

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films. — Philip Kaufman

What is called 'capitalism' might more accurately be called consumerism. It is the consumers who call the tune, and those capitalists who want to remain capitalists have to learn to dance to it. — Thomas Sowell

There are two kinds of courage: the courage that holds things together and the courage that throws them away. The first is more common; it is the cement of civilization; it is Lucy's. The second is the courage of drunks and suicides and mystics. — Douglas Glover

The trouble with Jim was he looked at the world and could not look away. And when you never look away all your life, by the time you are thirteen you have done twenty years taking in the laundry of the world. — Ray Bradbury

I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, It is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty, breaking out of stagnation. It's women who can contribute to achieving real security - not bombs and bullets and repressive governments. — Queen Noor Of Jordan