Quotes
Authors
Gilbert F. White
"The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing gap between the two, and of the rich fouling their own nests." --
Source : Gilbert F. White (1986). “Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White”, p.289, University of Chicago Press
Gilbert F. White
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“Do you believe in an invisible reality behind appearances?”
Source : Dion Fortune (2003). “Moon Magic”, p.109, Weiser Books
“Faith simply tunes into and turns on the divine flow that has always been present.”
“To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to leave him with a higher ideal of life than he had when he began. If in one small degree it shows him where he can be…gentler, saner, cleaner, kindlier…it is a wonder-working book. If it opens his eyes to one beauty in nature he never saw for himself and leads him one step toward the God of the Universe, it is a beneficial book…”
“Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven.”
Source : Henry Vaughan, Henry Francis Lyte (1858). “Silex Scintillans, &c: Sacred Poems and Pious Ejaculations”, p.10
“You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want.”
“Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?†"Because they’re talented.”
“Only those who want everything done for them are bored.”
“It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.”
