Zammittis Italian Quotes & Sayings

The unbreakable bond between love of God and love of neighbor is emphasized. One is so closely connected to the other that to say that we love God becomes a lie if we are closed to our neighbor or hate him altogether. Saint John's words should rather be interpreted to mean that love of neighbor is a path that leads to the encounter with God, and that closing our eyes to our neighbor also blinds us to God. — Pope Benedict XVI

The shop owner did not try to push the book on any of her customers. She knew that in the wrong hands such a book could easily be dismissed, or, worse, go unread. Instead she let it sit where it was in the hope that the right reader might discover it. — Nicole Krauss

Rest and be thankful. — William Wordsworth

The best soulwinners are those who go when it is convenient and then go when it is not convenient. — John R. Rice

Yes, I don't believe that the inter-Korean relationship has, quote, 'deteriorated' since I assumed office. Rather I believe that the relationship between the two Koreas is entering into a new phase - a time of transition. And so I think that the North Koreans are trying to see what they can build with this, with my new administration. — Lee Myung-bak

Few people realize how badly they write. Nobody has shown them how much excess or murkiness has crept into their style. — William Zinsser

The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future. — Iris Murdoch

It's always what may not be shown that shows the most. Forbidden words are always the most eloquent. — Clive Barker

His name was Clifton and he was black and they shot him. Isn't that enough to tell? Isn't it all you need to know? — Ralph Ellison

Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates ... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, Do I know you? — Steven Wright

Interstate wars in Latin America have been so infrequent and politically unimportant that many major surveys of Latin American history barely cover them. Compared to Europe and ancient China, or indeed North America, war had a marginal effect on state building. Charles Tilly's aphorism "war made the state, and the state made war" remains true, but begs the question of why wars are more prevalent in some regions than in others. — Francis Fukuyama