Veenhoven 1996 Quotes & Sayings

It's just not as hot without biting, scratching, and spanking, involved. — Jennifer Salaiz

The tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dewdrops falling from roses on the bosom of the earth. Shut not thine ear, therefore, against the cries of the poor, neither harden thine heart against the calamities of the innocent. — Robert Dodsley

I want you to know that I would be happy if the two of us spent the rest of our lives living in the cabin. It's not the size of the house that makes it a home. It's the love inside. Marrying you is the best decision I've ever made, Eric Hawke. — Pamela Clare

Truth requires a maximum effort to see through the eyes of strangers, foreigners, and enemies. — Taylor Branch

Every church pretends to have found the exact truth. This is the end of progress. Why pursue that which you have? Why investigate when you know? Every creed is a rock in running water: humanity sweeps by it. Every creed cries to the universe, "Halt!" A creed is the ignorant Past bullying the enlightened Present. The ignorant are not satisfied with what can be demonstrated. Science is too slow for them, and so they invent creeds. They demand completeness. A sublime segment, a grand fragment, are of no value to them. They demand the complete circle ... the entire structure. — Robert Green Ingersoll

I cannot endure the horror, the evil, which comes to self in solitude. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

I believe if you work hard and you dream big enough, you can accomplish anything in this world. — Buddy Valastro

They chant until his name no longer sounds like his name. It sounds like the primal scream of an ancient race. — Veronica Roth

In the nurturing family ... parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say. — Virginia Satir