"There's so much humanity in a love of trees, so much nostalgia for our first sense of wonder, so much power in just feeling our own insignificance when we are surrounded by nature,"

-- Muriel Barbery

#Tree Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“The greatest leading man, in my opinion, will always be Cary Grant.”
“Your belief systems limit your reality to a sub-set of the solution space that does not contain the answer.”

Source : Thomas Campbell (2003). “My Big Toe: Book 2 : Discovery”, p.336, Lightning Strike Books
“I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”
“The 'black armband' view of our history reflects a belief that most Australian history since 1788 has been little more than a disgraceful story of imperialism, exploitation, racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. I take a very different view. I believe that the balance sheet of our history is one of heroic achievement and that we have achieved much more as a nation of which we can be proud of than which we should be ashamed.”

Source : Sir Robert Menzies Lecture, 1996.
“My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now.”
“The great appeal of baseball, among the great appeals, it's a game without time. It is a pastoral game that is separated from time.”
“The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Bilal Philips from May 14, 2017
“God and posterity will show me more favour”

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