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Meanness Quotes (page 274)

Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it..."
The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night. Friedrich Nietzsche
Walter Lippmann quote: "There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means..."
There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies. Walter Lippmann
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other. Ayn Rand
Jeanette Winterson quote: "What are you that makes me feel thus? Who are you for whom..."
What are you that makes me feel thus? Who are you for whom time has no meaning? Jeanette Winterson
Courtship is romantic. Marriage ... is an act of will," said Pippa, taking a sip of water. "I mean, I adore Herb. But the marriage functions because we will it to. If you leave love to hold everything together, you can forget it. Rebecca Miller
You know what my mum once said?’ said Rosie… ‘She said that if a just-married couple put a coin in a jar every time they make love in their first year, and take a coin out for every time that they make love in the years that follow, the jar will never be emptied.’ And this means…?’ Well’, she said. ‘It’s interesting, isn’t it? Neil Gaiman
The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return. Milan Kundera
Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines. Henri Nouwen
Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory. Lawrence Durrell
... our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good. Madeleine L'Engle
Education doesn't make you happy. And what is freedom? We don't become happy just because we are free, if we are. Or because we have been educated, if we have. But because education may be the means by which we realize we are happy. It opens our eyes, our ears. Tells use where delights are lurking. Convinces us that there is only one freedom of any importance whatsoever: that of the mind. And give us the assurance, the confidence, to walk the path our mind, our educated mind, offers. Iris Murdoch
Ayn Rand quote: "Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness."
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. Ayn Rand
Adolf Hitler quote: "Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end."
Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end. Adolf Hitler
Terry Prachett quote: "Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a..."
Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle. Terry Prachett
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds. Madeleine L'Engle

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