Rudiger Dornbusch (1942–2002) German economist
Quotes in: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget (2012). Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Fiscal Year 2013. p. 95
“If you would not have a man flinch when the crisis comes, train him before it comes.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XVIII: On Festivals and Fasting
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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BCRelated quotes
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Rises
“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer book The Cost of Discipleship
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
A New Kind of Man
Song lyrics, A Sense of Wonder (1985)
“Dying should come easy:
like a freight train you
don't hear when
your back is
turned.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems
“When you have a divergence of man's will from God's Will for long enough, disaster comes.”
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) artist, author, esotericist
The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom (1980)
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) artist, author, esotericist
The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom (1980)
“When Man comes at me
do I rein in the stallion,
or let him meet the hooves?”
John Carder Bush (1944) British artist; brother of Kate Bush
Control: A translation (1974)
Variant: When God comes at me
do I bow the stallion's legs
or meet him with flared nostrils?