Favorite Quotes

Quotes from Martin Luther:
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Du kannst nicht verhindern, daß ein Vogelschwarm über deinen Kopf hinwegfliegt. Aber du kannst verhindern, daß er in deinen Haaren nistet.

Glaube nicht alles, was Du hörst, sage nicht alles, was Du willst, tue nicht alles, was Du magst.


Mark Twain Quotes:
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.

Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth.


CS Lewis Quotes:
Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.