"Those who have no absolute values cannot let the relative remain merely relative; they are always raising it to the level of the absolute."

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Source : Flannery O'Connor (1969). “Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose”, p.178, Macmillan

Flannery O'Connor

#Levels Quotes #Absolutes Quotes #Relative Quotes

“What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven't gotten over that.”
“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”

Source : Sholem Asch (1939). “The Nazarene”
“The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work and service of the corporation.”
“But indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable; and we all know the difficulty of carrying out a resolve when we secretly long that it may turn out to be unnecessary. In such states of mind the most incredulous person has a private leaning towards miracle: impossible to conceive how our wish could be fulfilled, still - very wonderful things have happened!”
“Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common.”
“I didn't have musical upbringing. I never listened to music growing up, thinking "I want to make my own music". I just listened to music for pleasure.”
“Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used Godâ€™s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend Fight out lifeâ€™s battle to the end. One soldier, when the fight was red, Threw down his broken sword and fled. Another snatched it, won the day, With what his comrade flung away.”
“The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was enacted in 1865 by martial law. The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted in 1868 by martial law. The Fifteenth Amendment was enacted in 1870 by martial law. Military occupation of the Southern states did not end until 1877, twelve years after the end of the Civil War.”

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