"Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves."

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Source : Sergei Lukyanenko (2006). “Night Watch”, Miramax

Sergei Lukyanenko

#People Quotes #Steps Quotes #Mud Quotes

“It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will be your friend, if he finds you worthy of friendship, but not your slave.”
“Everyone is from somewhere, even if you've never been there.”

Source : Song: Another Christmas Song, Album: Rock Island
“Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits.”
“New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determinat ion, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism/ extreme nationalism culture.”
“I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of a child.”

Source : Frank Capra (1971). “The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography”
“One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it right." What he meant was, you have to plan every operation You cannot ever be casual You have to realize that any operation is a potential fatality.”

Source : "A Conversation With: Joseph E. Murray; On Surgical Innovation And The Questions It Can Raise". Interview With Cornelia Dean, www.nytimes.com. September 25, 2001.
“You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.”
“The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.”

Source : Thomas Dubay (1997). “Authenticity: A Biblical Theology of Discernment”, p.132, Ignatius Press

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