Andrew Ordover > Andrew's Quotes

“The whole world is a very narrow bridge. And the most important thing is not to be afraid.”
― Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

“Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O'Connor

“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.”
― Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Americus, Book I

“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.”
― Martin Buber

“We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully.”
― Martin Buber

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
― Confucius

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it’s a Broadway spotlight;”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.”
― John Wesley

“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”
― Marian Wright Edelman