Troeltsch Quotes & Sayings

Even though people are shallow and lots of people prefer scripted fictional heroes to real human beings, they can still be shaken out of it in the presence of someone who is REAL. Your problem is not that you haven't mastered the conversational skills necessary to maintain someone's interest. Your problem is that you've never forced yourself to define exactly who you are and what you love and how you want to live. You've never had to talk about these things passionately. You've never dared to lay yourself bare, without apology. Once you can look someone in the eyes and say, "Here's what really matters to me"? That's what people find attractive, trust me. They want to be with someone who knows himself and gives a shit. That's what's alluring and attractive and irreplaceable, even in this age of smooth make-believe. — Heather Havrilesky

History within itself cannot be transcended ... In history itself there are only relative victories. — Ernst Troeltsch

Some families happen at birth, some are created by choice. But the best are forged in love. — Louise Behiel

Lord, forgive the times I tried to read your mind. — Keith Green

For a time, I missed them like winter misses warmth. I could not breathe without her. I could not feel without him. — Chelsey Philpot

It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it. — William Hague

We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics. — Ernst Troeltsch