"The scientific and societal achievements of the modern age are undisputable. But after the French Revolution, modernity increasingly emancipated itself from Christian roots, thereby becoming rootless itself."

-- Walter Kasper

#Christian Quotes #Roots Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”
“There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.”
“People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator ... years ago, I was cured of a badly infected finger with antibiotics when once my doctor could have recommended only a hot water soak or, eventually, surgery.... When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and photocopiers ... I appreciate where we've come from.”
“The girls I've dated hate me a little because I can't remember anything about first dates or when we kissed. I have the worst memory in the world!”
“None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.”
“Don't mistake routine for commitment, just showing up is not enough.”
“Creativity involves the depth of a mind, and many, many depths of unconsciousness.”
“The elimination of the barbaric terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is good news for the world.”

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