Windhagen Quotes & Sayings

In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled. — Fran Lebowitz

In short, I will preach it [the Word], teach it, write it, but I will constrain no man by force, for faith must come freely without compulsion. Take myself as an example. I opposed indulgences and all the papists, but never with force. I simply taught, preached, and wrote God's Word; otherwise I did nothing. And while I slept, or drank Wittenberg beer with my friends Philip and Amsdorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that no prince or emperor ever inflicted such losses upon it. I did nothing; the Word did everything. — Martin Luther

She rode toward the sunset
in her fathers worn down car.
A breeze picked up strands of her hair
through the open window
while a cigarette burned between her lips.
He told her stories of honey and milk
as he replaced the grass with mud. — Rebecca Rijsdijk

The student asked the master,
"Teacher, what should I do to become great?"
the master replied:
Succeed where others have failed. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I shall gather myself into my self again,
I shall take my scattered selves and make them one. — Sara Teasdale

You are most beautiful in your purest form. You are a manifestation of God himself. Open your eyes and let the light flow right through to your core. All it takes is for you to notice a flicker of leaves, a momentary glance from a loved one, or for a wave to hit your toes and freeze you in that timeless place where you know with every cell in your body that God, indeed is real. — Soroosh Shahrivar

Ember, you're the only piece of me I have left. Everything else-my family, my home, my soul- they're all gone. I don't know who the hell I am anymore. If it weren't for you ... I don't know. — Kristen Simmons

To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required. — Henry Fielding

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I am your father." He glanced at Seth and smirked. "That's the second Star Wars nod. Keeping track? — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Before we start, you have to understand one very key thing about Amy: She is fucking brilliant. Her brain is so busy, it never works on just one level. She's like this endless archaeological dig: You think you've reached the final layer, and then you bring down your pick one more time, and you break through to a whole new mine shaft beneath. With a maze of tunnels and bottomless pits. — Gillian Flynn

Drive anywhere and everywhere, even when there's nowhere to go. (Note: There's always somewhere to go.) — Jennifer Niven

Sometimes it's appropriate to scream at them. — Helen Caldicott

How does one fight a shadow?
Simple: You don't.
Just change your course and walk into the sun so the shadows fall behind you. — Julie Cassar

I don't like smiley pictures. A smile is a defense mechanism. It says, You can't have the real me but here's my smile. You get closer to the real person when they stop smiling. — Chris Killip