"I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss."

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Source : "Twenty-Five Years: 1892-1916". Book by Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, 1925.

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

#Halt Quotes #Obvious Quotes #Abyss Quotes

“The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet.”
“Intellectual work is an act of creation. It is as if the mental image that is studied over a period of time were to sprout appendages like an amebaâ€”outgrowths that extend in all directions while avoiding one obstacle after anotherâ€”before interdigitating with related ideas.”

Source : Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Neely Swanson, Larry W. Swanson (2004). “Advice for a Young Investigator”, p.59, MIT Press
“Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms.”
“The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.”
“Now, I’m not even saying that girls shouldn’t have princesses in their lives, the archetype in and of itself is not innately wrong, but there should be more options to choose from. So that was my intent, to demonstrate how ridiculous it is to paint an entire gender of heroes with one superficial brush.”
“I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.”

Source : "Against the Grain : An Autobiography" by Boris Yeltsin, (p. 251), 1990.
“When we pay attention, whatever we are doing...is transformed and becomes a part of our spiritual path. We begin to notice details and textures that we never noticed before everyday life becomes clearer, sharper, and at the same time more spacious.”
“In one split second I saw everything I could be, everything I want to be. And all that I'm not.”

Source : Jandy Nelson (2014). “I'll Give You the Sun”, p.140, Penguin

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