I would sum up the German character best by saying that they are the best of losers and the worst of winners.
He's got to have the ability, and it seems to be fairly rare, to see things as they are and at the same time as they might have been. What we mean is the eye of an artist.
Difficult times do not produce gentility, as if there is an angle hovering over the world of the oppressed.
Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.
No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.
As I bathe myself I pray with all beings that we can purify body and mind and clean ourselves inside and out.
Information is a lot like water; it's hard to hold on to, and hard to keep from leaking away.
The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
I felt for the first time, maybe ever, how much harder it was to be the adults. And I wasn't sure I could do that when it was my turn.
… between the irrational promoted in churches and the Darwinian pseudo-science taught in schools, a revolution in the way we understand reality is not only necessary but also long overdue.
Sebagai republik yang merdeka, Indonesia berusia lima puluh tahun, tetapi kedengaran lebih mirip sebuah kekaisaran tak terkendali daripada sebuah negara bangsa modern.
They are not working in sync. Working on the same thing at the same time is not as effective as working on the same thing a the same time with the same strategy.
You shouldn’t be placing hope in our lives, Parvin. That’s my point. I don’t know the answers of the future, but your confidence and hope need to be in God.
We all didn't come into to the world at the same time so it makes sense that we don't leave it at the same time.
Because friendship is about laughing when the other person is joking to make you feel better. Even if you don’t find her joke all that funny.
We are living a life full of first experiences, from a first kiss, to the first time giving blood, to conceptual and philosophical explanations of humanity’s firsts.
The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!
No such thing as time travel, he'd rumbled patiently, once. Only live with what you've done, and try in the future to do what you're happy to live with.
When you have a watch, time is like a swimming pool. There are edges and sides. Without a watch, time is like the ocean. Sloppy and vast.
When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.
