"Being at one is god-like and good, but human, too human, the maniaWhich insists there is only the One, one country, one truth, and one way."

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Source : Friedrich Hölderlin (1990). “Hyperion and Selected Poems”, p.139, A&C Black

Friedrich Holderlin

#Country Quotes #Way Quotes #Humans Quotes

“I don't believe in Heaven or anything. But I want to be the kind of person that qualifies for entry anyway.”
“I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account.”

Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
“My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.”
“A great way to get all the right nutrients is to make a colorful plate - mix of good vegetables, carbohydrates, and protein. If you notice all your vegetables are green, change it up and add another color for a variety of benefits in one meal.”
“I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.”
“I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.”
“Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not want laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them.”
“There are many kinds of beauty, and you can find it where you least expect.”

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