"Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it."

-- Etienne Gilson

#Past Quotes #Today Quotes #Way Quotes

“Most people don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.”
“Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.”
“I always take my wife morning tea in my pyjamas. But is she grateful? No, she says she'd rather have it in a cup.”
“In a world full of war, famine, oppression, deceit, monotony, whatâ€”apart from the eternal innocence of animalsâ€”offers an image of hope? A mother with a newborn child in her arms? The child may end up as a murderer or a murder victim, so that the hopeful image is a prefiguration of a pietÃ : a mother with her newly dead child on her lap.”

Source : Harry Mulisch, Paul Vincent (1997). “The Discovery of Heaven”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“In my life, I have almost always been on the side of active foreign policy. But you need to know with whom you are cooperating. You need reliable partners.”
“The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities.”
“I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.”
“I'm just proud that I created something that helped me pay my bills because I was so flat broke. I was borrowing money from my mother to stay afloat, and that was kind of uncomfortable.”

Source : Source: deadline.com

You may also like:

Aristotle
Philosopher
Bonaventure
Philosopher
Henri de Lubac
Priest
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher
Josef Pieper
Philosopher
Peter Abelard
Philosopher
Plotinus
Philosopher
Thomas Aquinas
Priest
William of Ockham
Philosopher