"Of the irrational part of the soul again one division appears to be common to all living things, and of a vegetative nature."

-- Aristotle

#Soul Quotes #Division Quotes #Common Quotes

“The difference between a non-suicide and an ex-suicide leaving the house for work, at eight o'clock on an ordinary morning: The non-suicide is a little traveling suck of care, sucking care with him from the past and being sucked toward care in the future. His breath is high in his chest. The ex-suicide opens his front door, sits down on the steps, and laughs. Since he has the option of being dead, he has nothing to lose by being alive. It is good to be alive. He goes to work because he doesn't have to.”

Source : Walker Percy (2011). “Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book”, p.53, Open Road Media
“Power is being able to say complete and utter nonsense and have it be believed, powerlessness is where no matter how much cogent evidence and proof one has, to not be believed.”
“Wisconsin is very proud of the career and technical college system that we have back home.”
“...I couldn't let go of the thought that it had, in fact, been he, restless and moody Heathcliff. Day after day, he floated through all the Wal-Marts in America, searching for me in a million lonely aisles.”

Source : Marisha Pessl (2006). “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, p.53, Penguin
“Photography's future is infinite and bright. It's growing exponentially, so that's great, but for me as a practitioner, that exponential growth makes it even more problematic. And so for me, it's got me more engaged with storytelling.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.”
“There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.”
“So much of the world's suffering results from the sinful action or inaction of ourselves and others. For example, people look at a famine and wonder where God is, but the world produces enough food for each person to have 3,000 calories a day. It's our own irresponsibility and self-centeredness that prevents people from getting fed.”

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