"The doctrine of a material hell in its effect was to chill and deaden the sympathies, predispose men to inflict suffering, and to ***** the march of civilization."

-- William Edward Hartpole Lecky

#Men Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.”
“Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.”
“It is really weird, things have just been crazy. Everything has happened so quickly I haven't had a chance to think.”
“It is my mind, with its store of images, that gives the world color and sound . . . Everything is mediated through the mind.”
“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.”
“I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.”
“I have a love for astronomy; Aruna, my wife, and I love travelling, so whenever we get an opportunity, we set off to explore places that have tickled our interest. We are also wildlife enthusiasts.”
“Unhappiness is a dangerous thing, like carbon monoxide. You don't smell it, you don't taste it, it's formless and colourless, but it poisons slowly. It seeps into every pore of your skin until one day your heart just stops beating.”

Source : Bella Pollen (2011). “Midnight Cactus”, p.17, Pan Macmillan

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