I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.
Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth.
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
You said we've got a new page. I figure I've got some say in what gets written on it. So I'm going to work on you. Last time around, you threw yourself at me. ” “I did no such thing. ” “Sure you did. But I can see I've got my work cut out for me this time. That's okay. ” He skimmed his thumb over her knuckles before she jerked her hand free. “In fact, I think I'm going to enjoy it. ” “I don't know why I waste my time trying to mend fences with you. You're as arrogant as you ever were. ” “Just the way you like me, sweetheart.
Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.
The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.
I was in a convenience store, reading a magazine. The clerk told me, "this is not a library!" "OK! I will talk louder, then!"