Autrefois Convict Quotes

#1. Never thought I'd live ter see the Triwizard Tournament played again!

J.K. Rowling

#2. Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands.

Jared Diamond

#3. Prosperity and wealth have convinced us to be content in the world, and so we close our eyes, ignoring the world's need as well as its evil.

Angela Elwell Hunt

#4. What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.

Nile Rodgers

#5. As Confucius says, under some circumstances murder can be forgiven; but unreasonableness never is.

John Lanchester

#6. Emancipated' women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie.

Shulamith Firestone

#7. It is impossible to love God without loving our neighbor.

Mother Teresa

#8. Morals do not come from the state and society. Morality deals with weightier matters that measure our thoughts, words, and deeds against universals that are true regardless of time and place.

Jeffrey Tucker

#9. To some degree we all live with uncertainty. We have no control over the future. Yet we carry on, we persevere, because, I guess, it's the way we're made.

Karen Thompson Walker

#10. Becoming a Christian was terribly helpful to me. I can't imagine finding my way without it. I think it can be very crucially important to ally yourself with some religion.

Frederick Buechner