Bjornholm 17 Quotes

#1. Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails.

Wilhelm Reich

#2. It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

Arnold Bennett

#3. It is not enough to be a good player ... you must also play well

Siegbert Tarrasch

#4. It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.

Sophocles

#5. Her grave is in Brocklebridge Churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a gray marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word 'Resurgam'.

Charlotte Bronte

#6. First of all there will appear to you, swifter than lightning, the luminous splendor of the colorless light of Emptiness, and that will surround you on all sides ... Try to submerge yourself in that light, giving up all belief in a separate self, all attachment to your illusory ego.

Gautama Buddha

#7. He hadn't spoken a word since they'd left the manor except to snap out directions, telling her which way to turn at a fork in the road, or ordering her to skirt a pothole. Even then she doubted if he would have minded much if she'd fallen into the pothole, except that it would have slowed them down.

Cassandra Clare

#8. Destiny has a fickle mind, the path to it is winding, and not everything is what it seems.

Amanda J. Nassar

#9. It was a war of reason against barbarism, supposedly, with the issues at stake on such a high plane that most of our feverish fighters had no idea why they were fighting - other than that the enemy was a bunch of bastards.

Kurt Vonnegut

#10. He works at the kennel with Nana," Ben piped up. "And I think him and Mom are dating."
At that, a stillness fell over a throng of admirers, punctuated by a few uncomfortable coughs.

Nicholas Sparks

#11. The visible world was only an imperfect reflection of the Ideal, which the Philosopher sought to transcend.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

#12. One place understood helps us understand all places better

Eudora Welty

#13. So much depends upon a blue car splattered with mud speeding down the road.

Sharon Creech