"If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows deeper and deeper."

“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”

“We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.”

Source : "Freedom fighters" by Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.

“As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.”

“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”

Source : Anthony Doerr (2014). “All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

“I really do not aim at any originality.”

“But I have always thought that these tulips must have had names. They were red, and orange and red, and red and orange and yellow, like the ember in a nursery fire of a winter's evening. I remember them.”

“I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.”

Source : Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin

“I think the most important recipe for a good date is just spending time with somebody and really connecting and feeling like the best version of yourself regardless of what you may be doing.”