Porrigere Quotes

#1. Iniquum est collapsis manum non porrigere: commune hoc ius generis humani est
(It is wrong not to stretch out your hand to the fallen: that is a common law of the human race)

Seneca.

#2. This very easy divorce had become very difficult. I thought I was in the express lane and it was all fast tracks from there. Think again.

Brenda Perlin

#3. We're trying to infuse a little good into the American culture. Love God, love your neighbor, hunt ducks. Raise your kids, make them behave, love them. I don't see the down side to that.

Phil Robertson

#4. Suffering for a being deepens the heart within the heart.

Clarice Lispector

#5. The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

Paul Cezanne

#6. It is a heavy downpour of rain which drenches the soil to fullness; likewise only a profuse shower of love can overcome hatred.

Mahatma Gandhi

#7. Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The very fact of its being, and of our own, is a mystery absolute, and the only miracle worthy of the name.

Sam Harris

#8. The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.

Anonymous

#9. I think it would be worse to get mauled by a dancing bear than just a regular bear because you can't totally blame the dancing bear.

Demetri Martin

#10. Oh, whatever," I said into her ear. "You and I both know I was never going to pay you that twenty dollars.

Linda Kage

#11. I feel sorry for all the men in my future 'cause they'll all be held up to Julien (Grenier/WISHBONE protagonist)and I doubt any of them will cut it.

Brooklyn Hudson