"Somewhere in the arrangement of this world there seems to be a great concern about giving us delight, which shows that, in the universe, over and above the meaning of matter and forces, there is a message conveyed through the magic touch of personality. ... Is it merely because the rose is round and pink that it gives me more satisfaction than the gold which could buy me the necessities of life, or any number of slaves. ... Somehow we feel that through a rose the language of love reached our hearts."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

#Heart Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Giving Quotes

“He must have made that before he died.”
“Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a kind of callousness, toward them. If they didn't, they couldn't endure.”

Source : Nella Larsen (2014). “Quicksand & Passing”, p.27, Serpent's Tail
“First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.”
“Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own dangers.”
“Every day be thankful for the nights that turn into mornings, friends that turn into family and dreams that turn into reality.”

Source : FaceBook post by Granger Smith from Jun 01, 2014
“Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.”
“Everything we see in a Catholic church is there for a single purpose: to tell a love story.”

Source : Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Mike Aquilina (2013). “The Church: Unlocking the Secrets to the Places Catholics Call Home”, p.19, Image
“I always believed the theory of evolution as truth, that we all just came from the slime. When we, when we died, you know, that was it, there is nothing.”

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