"Once, at the dreaming dawn of history -- before the world was categorized and regulated by mortal minds, before solid boundaries formed between the mortal world and any other -- fairies roamed freely among men, and the two races knew each other well. Yet the knowing was never straightforward, and the adventures that mortals and fairies had together were fraught with uncertainty, for fairies and humans were alien to each other."

-- Colin Thubron

#Dream Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Men Quotes

“Your own imagination as to the true ability of the permaculture design system, you need to trust the system and stick to main frame basics with profound and thorough thinking while trusting yourself.”
“In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]”
“It is the habit of faith, when she is praying, to use pleas. Mere prayer sayers, who do not pray at all, forget to argue with God; but those who prevail bring forth their reasons and their strong arguments”
“The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a mere possibility; whilst the material without a plan is but useless matter.”
“If beer got any lighter you could raise goldfish in it.”
“We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out We invented the Revolution but we don't know how to run it Look everyone wants to keep something from the past a souvenir of the old regime This man decides to keep a painting This one keeps his mistress He [ pointing ] keeps his garden He [ pointing ] keeps his estate He keeps his country house He keeps his factories This man couldn't part with his shipyards This one kept his army and that one keeps his king”
“He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.”
“William Perkins said, â€œThe end of a manâ€™s calling is not to gather riches for himselfâ€¦but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.”

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