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Wrong Turn Quotes (page 3)

Simone Weil quote: "Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the..."
Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction. Simone Weil
Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial... Desmond Tutu
Being democratic is not enough, to a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law. Margaret Thatcher
And one there was, a dreamer born, Who, with a mission to fulfill, Had left the Muses' haunts to turn. The crank of an opinion-mill, Making his rustic reed of song. A weapon in the war with wrong,... "A Tent on the Beach John Greenleaf Whittier
It is wrong to turn a man (a subject) into a thing (an object). Bymeans of spiritual dialogue, the I-It relationship becomes an I-Thourelationship. God comes and goes in man's soul. And men come and goin each other's souls. Sometimes they come and go in each other'sbeds, too. Saul Bellow
Frances Hodgson Burnett quote: "Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into..."
Folks who make such a fuss about their rights turn them into wrongs sometimes. -- (from Behind the White Brick) Frances Hodgson Burnett
As a lord was heldfor the strength of his body and stoutness of heart. Much lore he learned, and loved wisdombut fortune followed him in few desires; oft wrong and awry what he wrought turned; what he loved he lost, what he longed for he won not; and full friendship he found not easily, nor was lightly loved for his looks were sad. He was gloom-hearted, and glad seldomfor the sundering sorrow that filled his youth...(On Turin Turambar - The... J. R. R. Tolkien
What do you do when your entire identity is destroyed in an instant? How do you cope when your whole life story turns out to bw wrong? Chuck Palahniuk
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere. Jane Austen
Over the last couple of years, the photos of me when I was a kid... well, they've started to give me a little pang or something - not unhappiness, exactly, but some kind of quiet, deep regret... I keep wanting to apologize to the little guy: "I'm sorry, I've let you down. I was the person who was supposed to look after you, but I blew it: I made wrong decisions at bad times, and I turned you into me. Nick Hornby
If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given to us to be denied at every turn, if our nature is always wrong and wicked, how ineffectual we are—like fishes not meant to swim. Cyril Connolly
Then if thou hast. A heart of wreak in thee, that wilt revenge Thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims. Of shame seen through thy country, speedthee straight, And make my misery serve thy turn: so use it. That my revengeful services may prove As benefits to thee, for I will fight. Against my canker'd country with the spleen. Of all the under fiends. William Shakespeare
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph. Robert Browning
Only under extreme pressure can we change into that which it is in our most profound nature to become . . .That is what people get wrong about transformation. We're not all shallow proteans, forever shifting shape. We're not science fiction. It's like when coal becomes diamond. It doesn't afterwards retain the possibility of change. Squeeze it as hard as you like, it won't turn into a rubber ball, or a Quattro Stagione pizza, or a self-portrait by Rembrandt. It's done. Salman Rushdie
The modern evil, we have said, greatly turns on this: thatpeople do not see that the exception proves the rule. Thus it mayor may not be right to kill a murderer; but it can only conceivablybe right to kill a murderer because it is wrong to kill a man. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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