Quotes About The Amish

#1. The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the consequences of technology.

Howard Rheingold

#2. Even among the Amish, other Amish seem odd.

Ira Wagler

#3. Since all the Amish dress the same, our names were on a label inside the garments, and shawls

Ora Jay Eash

#4. The Amish can resist Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, pornography, ice-cold margaritas on tropical beaches, designer drugs, fast cars (actually, all cars), thong underwear, American Idol and sneakers. But they can't resist the bicycle. This is because the bicycle is a Truly Great Invention. A

BikeSnobNYC

#5. Royalty mostly seem like members of some anachronistic faith, like the Amish, peculiar in gilded buggies.

Stacey D'Erasmo

#6. The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something.

Verne Troyer

#7. Aren't the Amish against violence?
Yes, but you see, I'm not very good at being Amish ... so remember what I say.

Kelly Long

#8. The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.

Nancy Sleeth

#9. The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sinning, it's not so that others can place blame. It's so that the person can make amends and move on.

Jodi Picoult

#10. I grew up Protestant. My dad was a Charismatic pastor of the Families of God denomination. Often, we noticed that - during a lot of his evangelistic-type services - that some of the Amish and Old Order Mennonite couples would come and stand across the street from the church and look in the door.

Beverly Lewis

#11. Time moves in the Amish community without leaving much of a mark. Gray hair grows on some, wrinkles crawl across the faces of others, but the buildings stay mostly the same.

Michelle Eastwood

#12. My mother's people are Old Order Mennonite - horse and buggy Mennonite, very close cousins to the Amish. I grew up in Lancaster County and lived near Amish farm land.

Beverly Lewis

#13. The Swartzentruber Order is the most conservative on the Amish spectrum. Amish people have differences just like any culture.

Brenda Nixon

#14. We [the Amish] look alike. We pray alike. We live alike ... But none of these things mean we all think alike.

Jodi Picoult

#15. If she had learned one thing from Rebecca it was that demonstrations of affection or even emotion were few and far between when it came to the Amish way of life.

Sarah Price

#16. No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever gone into hiding for criticizing the Amish.

Salman Rushdie

#17. Believe. The lack of emphasis Plain People place on evangelism is often misunderstood. Setting an example of a holy life, they feel, makes a better witness than mere talk. Rather than proselytize, the Amish provide practical help when natural disasters strike.

Suzanne Woods Fisher

#18. There can be no assumption that today's majority is 'right' and the Amish and others like them are 'wrong.' A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.

Warren E. Burger

#19. This is the way it was in Yates County. Bald Girls. Wild boys formed from math. Geniuses all around, just waiting to be discovered, or waiting to rot in trailers behind their parents' barns, die penniless, mourned only by the Amish from whom they bought all those eggs.

Lydia Netzer

#20. I know I've abandoned the Amish lifestyle, but I still keep a lot of those beliefs ... I know I've stepped outside the boundaries a lot of times, but I still try to remember what's important to me.

Kate Stoltzfus

#21. We're dealing with fundamentalists ... the Amish are fundamentalists, but they don't try and hijack a carriage at needlepoint. And, if you're ever in Amish country and you see a man with his hand buried in a horse's ass, that's a mechanic. Remember that.

Robin Williams

#22. President Bush spoke with the Amish. He didn't want to, but it was the only group he could find that wasn't upset about the high price of gas.

Jay Leno

#23. I love how you aren't weird and awkward, despite the fact that you've been severely cut off from socialization to the point where you make the Amish look trendy.

Colleen Hoover

#24. The key question isn't 'What is Evil?' The key question is 'When does the Good become Evil?

Amish Tripathi

#25. Growing up around Amish farmland, I enjoyed the opportunity to witness firsthand their love of family, of the domestic arts - sewing, quilting, cooking, baking - as well as seeing them live out their tradition of faith in such a unique way.

Beverly Lewis

#26. At the outset, I think that one should be natural, not just when it comes to writing but in every area of life. If you try to be something that you are not just to impress others, then it's a rather sad life.

Amish Tripathi

#27. Valour begot respect, whether in life or in the aftermath of death.

Amish Tripathi

#28. Only your karma is important. Not your birth. Not your sex. And certainly not the colour of your throat. Our entire society is based on merit.

Amish Tripathi

#29. A leader is not just a person who gives orders. He is also the one who symbolises the society he leads. If the leader is corrupt, then the society must be corrupt too.

Amish Tripathi

#30. But you must remember that while you can certainly learn from the successes of great men, you can learn even more from their failures and mistakes.

Amish Tripathi

#31. It takes a very self-assured man to appreciate the talents of another,

Amish Tripathi

#32. You need energy for everything that you do. You have to source the energy from around you. It comes from people, from objects, from Mother Earth herself. You have to ask for it respectfully.

Amish Tripathi

#33. An honest heart is all that is needed for a prayer to reach the Lord.

Amish Tripathi

#34. I don't think I'm any competition to the already-existing canon of writers in Kannada. How can I ever even think of comparing myself?

Amish Tripathi

#35. In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.

Amish Tripathi

#36. These descendants divined myths in what was really history, for true memories were forgotten in chaos as vast arrays of daivi astras used in the Great War ravaged the land. That war destroyed almost everything. It took centuries for India to regain its old cultural vigour and intellectual depth.

Amish Tripathi

#37. Hate is not the opposite of Love. It is apathy.

Amish Tripathi

#38. Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.

Amish Tripathi

#39. I'm not Amish, but I grew up in that same area of Pennsylvania and became very attracted to the inherent strictness and uniformity of that community.

Thom Browne

#40. Remember nobody is good or bad. They are either strong or weak. Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations. Weak people,

Amish Tripathi

#41. If you decide to challenge your destiny, your opponent would not be some judgemental Lord Almighty who is seeking to punish you; your opponent would only be the limitations of your own mind. This will empower you to fight your fate.

Amish Tripathi

#42. Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want

Amish Tripathi

#43. If he lived through this night, he'd look back on this moment and recall seeing the universe in all its majesty and recognizing he was only a powerless man staring into the vastness of an all-powerful God.

Cindy Woodsmall

#44. Rather than the destination it is the journey that lends meaning to our lives, great Neelkanth. Being faithful to our path will lead to consequences, both good as well as bad. For that is the way of the universe.

Amish Tripathi

#45. For history is written by victors. They can write it however they want. The losers are always remembered the way the victors portray them.

Amish Tripathi

#46. Desire is the root cause of all suffering, all destruction,

Amish Tripathi

#47. The one [thing about Amish life] that I'm always going to miss is the closeness that I've had with my family. I still talk to them, but I'm an outsider.

Kate Stoltzfus

#48. We become gods when we realise that a part of the universal divinity lives within us;

Amish Tripathi

#49. India is a confused nation today. It does not understand its nature, which seems to be a hotchpotch of the masculine and feminine way. But if you force me to choose, then I would state that, at this point in time, we're a feminine culture in decline.

Amish Tripathi

#50. But the strange thing about anger is that it is like fire; the more you feed it, the more it grows. It takes a lot of wisdom to know when to let anger go.

Amish Tripathi

#51. The law cannot be broken. It is supreme, more important than you or me.

Amish Tripathi

#52. I turned atheist in the '90s when India went through troubled times - communal riots, bomb blasts ... Mumbai, where I live, was badly affected. I blamed religion; also, extremists on both sides - right and left.

Amish Tripathi

#53. I could see the combinations and permutations flutter through their minds. This was Boulder. It could easily be two moms. Two dads. A dad, a mom, and an orangutan. Three Amish hipsters and a transgendered Aboriginal mermaid.

Bill Konigsberg

#54. of the birthright of Lord Rudra's successors.' Shiva was getting increasingly uncomfortable. 'Now that Lord Rudra's successor is here, it is time for him to ascend the throne of Kashi,' continued Athithigva. 'It will be my honour to serve you, My Lord.' Shiva almost choked on a combination of

Amish Tripathi

#55. There is no "your god" or "my god". All godliness comes from the same source. Just the manifestations are different.

Amish Tripathi

#56. There is your truth and there is my truth. As for the universal truth, it does not exist.

Amish Tripathi

#57. Justice exists for the good of the universe. To maintain balance. It does not exist to ignite hatred among humans.

Amish Tripathi

#58. In any industry, the people with the freshest ideas usually come from outside.

Amish Tripathi

#59. God knows, I'm no expert on relationships, but I do know when something's good. And this thing we've created between us is precious and rare. I only hope it's not fleeting, because for the first time in my adult life, I've given someone the power to hurt me.

Linda Castillo

#60. No disrespect to any other god, but Shiva's an outsider god. He breaks the rules. He's a brilliant musician, a brilliant dancer; he treats his wife as an equal, and she opposes him many times, but he obsessively loves her.

Amish Tripathi

#61. I don't believe in symbolic gods.I believe that god exists all around us.In the flow of the river,in the rustle of the trees,in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time.all we need to do is listen.

Amish Tripathi

#62. We're all broken, Laura. And we're all looking for someone to blame. God's the easiest target. We let ourselves believe that if He loved us, things would be perfect. But we both know that's not true.

Kathleen Fuller

#63. Stability allows a person the freedom of choice, my friend. People can pursue their dreams only when they are living in a society where survival is not threatened on a daily basis.

Amish Tripathi

#64. You must use your heart to decide the destination, but use your head to plot the journey.

Amish Tripathi

#65. If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

Jodi Picoult

#66. Forgive me for killing you, O noble beast,' he whispered the ancient apology that all hunters offered, as he gently touched the deer's head. 'May your soul find purpose again, while your body sustains my soul.

Amish Tripathi

#67. Laws are the foundation on which a fulfilling life is built for a community. Laws are the answer.

Amish Tripathi

#68. Strong people stick to their morals, no matter what the trials and tribulations, Weak people, many a times, do not even realize how low they have sunk.

Amish Tripathi

#69. If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva.

Amish Tripathi

#70. Songs of different moods are like keys, which help me enter the world of my book's characters.

Amish Tripathi

#71. Freedom is never the ally of law. You can have freedom to choose whether you want to join or leave a society based on the rule of law. But as long as you live in such a society you must obey the law.

Amish Tripathi

#72. One of the greatest gifts in this world is the ability to make others smile. - The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jonathan Fisher

J.E.B. Spredemann

#73. Maharishikas Gargi and Maitreyi were rishikas, and today there are fools who claim that women are not to be allowed to study the scriptures or to write new ones.

Amish Tripathi

#74. aryaputra, a 'gentleman', and the aryaputri, a 'lady', a prototypical human partnership of two strong individuals, who didn't compete for exact equality but were complementary, completing each other. Two souls that were dependent on each other, giving each other purpose; two halves of a whole.

Amish Tripathi

#75. The opposite of love is not hate. hate is just love gone bad.
The true opposite is Apathy. When u just don't give a damn.

Amish Tripathi

#76. The oppposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual oppposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person.

Amish Tripathi

#77. One of the few advantages of being disliked is that you don't need to fret over what others think about you.

Amish Tripathi

#78. In the beginning of time, there was nothing except darkness and primordial flood. Then out of this darkness, desire was born. Desire was the primal seed, the germ of creation.

Amish Tripathi

#79. The youth in India tend to be rebellious, as with everywhere else, and that makes Shiva exciting. He has the rebellious qualities that the youths like.

Amish Tripathi

#80. Become Amish? If you admire our faith, strengthen yours. If you admire our sense of commitment, deepen yours. If you admire our community spirit, build your own. If you admire the simple life, cut back. If you admire deep character and enduring values, live them yourself.

Suzanne Woods Fisher

#81. Amish children are usually named after aunts or uncles or some other relation. Keeps the family names going.

Sarah Price

#82. There are two things the Lord gave man over the other creatures. He created the ability for man to think. The other is the ability to love.
I thank Him daily for these gifts, along with all the other wonderful things He created. And I thank Him for sending you to me.

Sarah Price

#83. A real leader doesn't choose to lead only the deserving. He will, instead, inspire his people into becoming the best that they are capable of.

Amish Tripathi

#84. Shiva! The Mahadev. The God of Gods. Destroyer of Evil. Passionate lover. Fierce warrior. Consummate dancer. Charismatic leader. All-powerful, yet incorruptible. A quick wit, accompanied by an equally quick and fearsome temper.

Amish Tripathi

#85. The two stared together into a future that held as much pain as promise, as much sorrow as sunshine...

Ana Chapman

#86. Some good can emerge from the most horrific of events. There is something positive hidden in every negative, and something negative in every positive. Life is complicated, and a balanced person can see both sides.

Amish Tripathi

#87. Bhrigu bent forward. 'Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence they want.' Dilipa

Amish Tripathi

#88. Thank you for reminding me that the future is in God's hands.'" "'You're welcome. And remember, wherever you go, in body and mind, you simply need to call out to God and He is there

Tricia Goyer

#89. A society should not forget that it thrives on the ideas and performance of the talented among its citizens.

Amish Tripathi

#90. it was better to commit mistakes on the path that one's soul is meant to walk on, than to live a perfect life on a path that is not meant for one's soul.

Amish Tripathi

#91. Sometimes, for the sake of the larger good, one has to do things that may not appear right at the time. Perhaps, a laudable end can justify some questionable means.

Amish Tripathi

#92. True leader will take sin upon his soul for the good of his people

Amish Tripathi

#93. The very reason for your success, over a prolonged period of time, can lead to your downfall.

Amish Tripathi

#94. In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay, but what's your actual job?' I didn't come from a privileged background and couldn't afford to be irresponsible, so I did the pragmatic thing and did a MBA.

Amish Tripathi

#95. Truth is one, though
the sages
know it as many .
God is one, though
different
religions
approach
Him differently
Call Him Shiva, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus
or any other form of God that you believe
in .
Our paths may be different.
Our destination
is the same.

Amish Tripathi

#96. What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.

Amish Tripathi

#97. the drama below and the drama above could easily collide at any moment

Ana Chapman

#98. Truth doesn't have to be liked. It only has to be spoken. Speak it out. The truth may hurt you, but it will set you free.

Amish Tripathi

#99. The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.

Amish Tripathi

#100. The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

Amish Tripathi