Westfalia Quotes & Sayings

We were cut off from the comprehension of our surroundings; we glided past like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would be before an enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse. We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were travelling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. The earth seemed unearthly. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free. — Joseph Conrad

Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. — George Henry Lewes

But time was slipping away; in another minute it would be too late; and urgency acted not as a spur but as a creeping paralysis which clogged the mind, and weighted the tongue, and imposed on desperation a blanket of numb stupidity. — Georgette Heyer

Unless modern civilization is a failure, it is entirely feasible and practicable for two races in such essential political, economic and religious harmony as the white and colored people in America, to develop side by side in peace and mutual happiness, the peculiar contribution which each has to make to the culture of their common country. — W.E.B. Du Bois

A small step forward . . .every . . single . . .day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today? — Liz Becker

Funny how addiction was socially acceptable - even a status symbol - when it made people extroverts rather than introverts — Stacia Kane

Marriage results in two possibilities: sometimes it results in prosperity, sometimes it results in destruction. — Dada Bhagwan

Taking the decision-making process away from people disempowers them. It also makes them much less likely to buy into the decision, however right it may be. One's own conscience remains the ultimate arbiter. — Lama Surya Das

Your most precious asset is your right thinking! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our mothers and fathers helped us come to be and, even nlw, they continue to give us life. — Thich Nhat Hanh

May you grace for good deeds. — Lailah Gifty Akita

My aim is to change people's perceptions of what a hat can look like in the 21st century. — Philip Treacy