Bintou Jawneh Quotes

#1. Love is a wild fire that cannot be contained by any mere element known to man.

Cristina Marrero

#2. In the current era, to take adjustments in worldly interactions is knowledge (Gnan). One is to adjust to 'disadjustments'.

Dada Bhagwan

#3. All earlier pluralist societies destroyed themselves because no one took care of the common good. They abounded in communities but could not sustain community, let alone create it.

Peter Drucker

#4. From his lips/Not words alone pleased her.

John Milton

#5. Above all, translators must be native speakers. It's not because they speak the language better
I understand that sometimes a foreigner can learn a language better than native speakers. It has more to do with having an intimate knowledge of the society for which the book is being translated.

Sergei Lukyanenko

#6. Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#7. It's okay is a cosmic truth ... It's okay. If there were nothing here for us to learn, we wouldn't bother to pay the fare.

Richard Bach