"I think the fear of being seen as childish or crazy severely limits our enjoyment of the world around us, thus inducing a state of boredom that in turn gives rise to much of the stupidity and meanness that oftem seem to epitomize the human condtion. In fact, these ills merely signify that the dues we pay for adult respectability are far too high, and bring some 'benefits' of questionable value."

-- D. Patrick Miller

#Fear Quotes #Crazy Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“People need their history like they need air and food.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.
“You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?”
“Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.”
“The only real failure is the failure to try.”
“Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.”
“It seems to me to be important to distinguish a good idea from poor implementations of it”
“Everyone knows this. The voyage into the interior is all that matters, Whatever your ride.”

Source : Charles Wright (2014). “Littlefoot: A Poem”, p.80, Macmillan
“Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Darkness that Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.300, The Overlook Press

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