"nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then ... We may be afflicted and unhappy, but no one can take from us the sweet delight which is nature's gift to those who love her and her poetry."

-- George Sand

#Sweet Quotes #Nature Quotes #Stars Quotes

“Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.”

Source : Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.2, Bantam
“Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.”
“Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas - only I don't exactly know what they are!”
“Good must triumph over evil. It usually does in life and in any case it's bad for young people to believe it doesn't.”
“I am confident that when I get really old, the human lifespan will be extended.”
“I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies."”
“People are mysterious, even to themselves.”

Source : Frank Lentricchia (2011). “The Sadness of Antonioni”, p.142, SUNY Press
“Another effect of news articles is that the events, however frightening, can thus be consigned to the box of things that happen to other people, not us, and that we are doing things to bring them under control. This is the diet we're fed all the time, so we acculturate to it. And news must, in turn, follow the form to which we - our bodies - are accustomed: describe the event, incite the fear, then say how it's being addressed, how the herd's alpha males are dealing with it.”

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