Trasfondo Sinonimos Quotes & Sayings

Of the land which the Romans gained by conquest from their neighbours, part they sold publicly, and turned the remainder into common; this common land they assigned to such of the citizens as were poor and indigent, for which they were to pay only a small acknowledgment into the public treasury. But when the wealthy men began to offer larger rents, and drive the poorer people out, it was enacted by law that no person whatever should enjoy more than five hundred acres of ground. — Plutarch

He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite. — Sri Aurobindo

Illusions are hazardous, and so are disillusions. — Mason Cooley

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. — William James

I will rebuild the people's trust in government and create a stable foundation for Taiwan's future development. — Tsai Ing-wen

I've been very self-indulgent and weird and I'm sorry. But I'd really like to die. — Frederick Busch

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person. — Bela Lugosi

It is possible for you to have real faith, and yet to have the most grievous unbelief! "Oh!" say you, "how can faith and unbelief live together?" They cannot live together in peace, but they may dwell together in the same heart. Remember what our Lord Jesus said to Peter "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" He did not say, "O thou of no faith," but "of little faith." Thus there was some faith, though there was also much doubt. So, in the psalmist, there was some faith, - there was, indeed, a great deal of faith, - for he said, "O my God," and it takes great faith truly to say "my God." Yet is there not also great unbelief here? Otherwise, would his soul have been cast down at all? But, meanwhile, had he not the yearnings of lively hope in God? If not, would he have dared to say, "Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar ? — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk. — Aung San Suu Kyi

You know you are an artist if you appreciate beauty. — Brandon Stanton

That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes our society post-capitalist. — Peter Drucker

Now I know who the Holy Spirit is. — R.C. Sproul

Someone who is permanently surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans are capable of inflicting in the way of gruesome, hands-on cruelties upon other humans, has not reached moral or psychological adulthood. — Susan Sontag

Coming from something doesn't make it what you are. — Nora Roberts

For too long, reporters for the big media outlets have been fixated on novelty, always moving too quickly onto the next big score or the next hot get. Paradoxically, in these days of instant communication and sixty-minute news cycles, it's actually easier to miss information we might otherwise pay attention to. That's why we need stories to be covered and re-covered until they filter up enough to become part of the cultural bloodstream. — Arianna Huffington