discovering Quotes

“Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.”

“When we recognize it is impossible for us to perform a duty in our own strength, we will discover the secret of its accomplishment.”

“You must learn her. You must know the reason why she is silent . . . You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept. And, this is how you keep her.”

“It was amusing to look at that colorful case so symbolic of an entire nation. Haiti, it is said, is the place to discover how much can be done with little.”

“To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.”

“He says that all that happens when you go far, far away is that you discover you’ve brought yourself along.”

“We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of pure joy.”

″ Christine went back to books and discovered the lives of worthy women—queens, princesses, warriors, poets, inventors, weavers of tapestries, wives, mothers, sibyls, and saints.”