"If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless."

-- Saadi

#Wisdom Quotes #Fall Quotes #Islamic Quotes

“We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.”
“There are no incurable diseases â€” only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs â€” only the lack of knowledge.”
“Ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.”
“China will stay firmly committed to the basic state policy of opening-up. We will actively and effectively use foreign investment, improve its structure, diversify its form and open up more channels and sectors so as to facilitate investment.”
“Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.”
“There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record of pain and dull perseverance. Great works of art should look as though they were made in joy. Real joy is a tremendous activity, dull drudgery is nothing to it.”
“The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with.”

Source : Joseph Brodsky's commencement address at Williams College (1984), as quoted in Robert Inchausti "Thinking through Thomas Merton: Contemplation for Contemporary Times" (p. 110), 2014.
“I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.”

Source : "John Daly, novelty act or cult hero, still irresistible to Open crowds" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2015.

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