-
“Girls should go on thinking that there is a world out there and that it is theirs for the taking.”
-
“There is nothing so inconvenient in this world as an absolutely truthful person, who can both speak and write, and has the courage of his convictions. One can always arrange matters with liars ... But with the man or woman who holds truth dearer than life, and honor more valuable than advancement, there is nothing to be done, now that governments cannot insist on the hemlock-cure, as in the case of Socrates.”
-
“If you fall during your life it doesn't matter because you're never a failure if you try to get up.”
-
“In short, Google prefers a world where we consistently go to three restaurants to a world where our choices are impossible to predict.”
-
“Sorrow is so woven through us, so much a part of our souls, or at least any understanding of our souls that we are able to attain, that every experience is dyed with its color. This is why, even in moment of joy, part of that joy is the seams of ore that are our sorrow. They burn darkly and beautifully in the midst of joy, and they make joy the complete experience that it is. But they still burn.”
Source : "By Love We Are Led to God" by Christian Wiman, bulletin.hds.harvard.edu. 2012. 
-
“If you believe that you will believe anything.”
-
“[Gays and lesbians should be] Punished, in fact, killed. The people involved should be killed in the worst, most severe way of killing.”
-
“We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events.”
Source : "Gold Medalist Bryan Clay Goes Beyond Reason for Games". Interview with Moira Lawler, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2012.
