"What hasty preparations we make for our future. Think of it: it seems almost tragic, the things we're sure we ought to bring along. We pack too heavy with what we hope we'll use, and too light of what we must. We thus go forth misladen, ill equipped for the dawn."

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Source : Chang-rae Lee (2014). “On Such a Full Sea: A Novel”, p.212, Penguin

Chang-Rae Lee

#Thinking Quotes #Light Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“At times truth may not seem probable. [Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]”

Source : "The Art of Poetry (Canto III)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1674.
“I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool.”
“I guess I can be a little neurotic sometimes, but can't everybody?”
“The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution, a cool one, hard to see, that began 2,500 years ago with the Buddha's insight about the end of suffering. What I have learned from these people has forever changed my life, and I believe their culture contains an inner science particularly relevant to the difficult time in which we live.”
“Do yourself what you wish others to do.”
“His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs”
“This is Not Another Revolution. This is a Civil Rights Movement”
“You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging.”

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