Zelfstandige Worden Quotes & Sayings

To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the West, I do not feel hatred. At most I feel a great contempt. I know only that every single one of us reeks of selfishness, masochism and death. We have created a system in which it has simply become impossible to live, and what's more, we continue to export it. — Michel Houellebecq

You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover. — Elif Shafak

Ryan Hansen is my favorite person on the planet. He is my discovery. I'm so proud of him. — Rob Thomas

If you look at healthcare today, it's all about disease. It's not about understanding wellness at all. — Leroy Hood

Most fools think they are only ignorant. — Benjamin Franklin

Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Since birth control roots in a species of selfishness, the spiritual life of the user of contraceptives is also weakened. Women seem to become more masculine in thought and action; men more callous and reserved; both husband and wife become more careless of each other, and increasingly indifferent to the higher duties and joys of living. — John Andreas Widtsoe

Now we are intimately locked together. You get swine flu in Mexico; it's a problem for Charles de Gaulle Airport 24 hours later. Lehman Brothers goes down; the whole lot collapses. There are fires in the steppes of Russia; food riots in Africa. — Paddy Ashdown

Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol. — Fletcher Knebel

Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials. — Charles Caleb Colton

Yet in its own way, death is the most natural thing of all — George R R Martin

We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society. — Jack Falahee

Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it. — Seneca The Younger

When you kill a man, you steal a life," Baba said. "You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. Do you see? — Khaled Hosseini

The end is now the beginning.... — Derek Landy