Fortenbaugh Picks Quotes

#1. Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far.

Marge Schott

#2. In the East, especially in contemplative traditions like those of Buddhism, being distracted by thought is understood to be the very wellspring of human suffering.

Sam Harris

#3. Yea, the least glimpse of the glory of God in the face of Christ doth more exalt and ennoble the soul, than all the knowledge of those that have the greatest speculative understanding in divinity, without grace.

Jonathan Edwards

#4. Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.

Vince Lombardi

#5. In 1958 I finally found a large enough apartment on the Lower East Side, where I reverted to figure painting. I drew and painted quite a lot of figures and nudes. People would come and pose for me.

Claes Oldenburg

#6. If you pray to the wrong god, you might just make the right one madder and madder.

Homer Simpson

#7. If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow
you are not understanding yourself.

Bruce Lee

#8. How distressing to stumble on a dominant social habitus, just when one was convinced of one's own uniqueness in the matter!

Muriel Barbery

#9. The Clave thinks the wards will stand forever because they've stood for a thousand years. But so did Rome, till the barbarians came. Everything falls someday

Cassandra Clare

#10. Bush and Inhofe will go down in history with other leaders such as Herbert Hoover and Neville Chamberlain who were blind to their nation's gravest threats.

Joseph J. Romm

#11. Language does not stand still. Surprisingly, despite this knowledge, most speakers are fearful of change.

Peter Farb

#12. Trusting the one you love always brings good results.

Paulo Coelho

#13. Liberty is the possibility of isolation.

Fernando Pessoa

#14. Life is not inherently meaningful. We make meaning happen through the attention and care we express through our actions.

Donna Farhi