"The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was thickly grown with weeds. "Ha," he said, "I see that none has passed here In a long time." Later he saw that each weed Was a singular knife. "Well," he mumbled at last, "Doubtless there are other roads."

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Source : Stephen Crane (2016). “War Is Kind and Other Poems”, p.33, Courier Dover Publications

Stephen Crane

#Weed Quotes #Truth Quotes #Knives Quotes

“People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Having written pilots, in recent years, for networks that are dusty on a shelf somewhere, I was growing more and more impatient and eager to create something and just get it seen. Ultimately, that's what you're in the business to do.”
“Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer.”
“The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.”

Source : Sunday Times, November 5, 2006.
“Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God- a "foursome," as it were-- for the Christian God is not a private deity. Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God.”
“The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.”
“Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.”
“There is no sinner like a young saint.”

Source : Aphra Behn (2014). “Behn Five Plays”, p.119, Bloomsbury Publishing

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