"History unravels; circumstances, following their natural inclination, prefer to remain ravelled."

-- Penelope Lively

#History Quotes #Natural Quotes #Circumstances Quotes

“There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations.”
“Death, thou shalt die.”
“I started out in a heavy metal band with a guy who could really play guitar, and I thought the only thing missing from Guided By Voices was a lead guitarist. In the early days, I would bring people in just to play leads, like Greg Demos and Steve Wilbur.”
“You cannot describe the universe completely with any accuracy unless you're willing to admit that it's both physical and mental in nature.”
“If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.”

Source : Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)”, Cambridge University Press
“The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.”
“Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.”
“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.”

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