“They are separated from the mass, set apart that they may be a peculiar people to the Lord.”
Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge (1803–1874) Dutch minister
Source: Sermons on the First Epistle of Peter (1855), p. 7
Original: Non è il destino che separa e allontana le persone, ma la mancanza di rispetto.
Source: prevale.net
“They are separated from the mass, set apart that they may be a peculiar people to the Lord.”
Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge (1803–1874) Dutch minister
Source: Sermons on the First Epistle of Peter (1855), p. 7
“These aspirations are bigger than anything that drives us apart.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2008, A World that Stands as One (July 2008)
Context: I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
But I also know how much I love America. I know that for more than two centuries, we have strived - at great cost and great sacrifice - to form a more perfect union; to seek, with other nations, a more hopeful world. Our allegiance has never been to any particular tribe or kingdom - indeed, every language is spoken in our country; every culture has left its imprint on ours; every point of view is expressed in our public squares. What has always united us - what has always driven our people; what drew my father to America's shores - is a set of ideals that speak to aspirations shared by all people: that we can live free from fear and free from want; that we can speak our minds and assemble with whomever we choose and worship as we please. These are the aspirations that joined the fates of all nations in this city. These aspirations are bigger than anything that drives us apart.
Haruki Murakami book Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Trump: Surviving at the Top (1990), p. 3; https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/550046337547665409
Mary Roach book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Source: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Charles Cooley (1864–1929) American sociologist
Source: Human Nature and the Social Order, 1902, p. 36
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Source: Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Freeman (1948), p. 150