Break

Famous quotes containing the word break:

“Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would ... be confined to one single deed from which we could never recover; we would remain the victims of its consequences forever, not unlike the sorcerer’s apprentice who lacked the magic formula to break the spell.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

“Too many feathers can sink a boat, and too many knick-knacks can break an axle.”
—Chinese proverb.

“In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)