"We mostly spend [our] lives conjugating three verbs: to Want, to Have, and to Do... forgetting that none of these verbs have any ultimate significance, except so far as they are transcended by and included in , the fundamental verb, to Be."

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Source : Evelyn Underhill, Christopher L. Webber (2006). “Advent with Evelyn Underhill”, p.43, Church Publishing, Inc.

Evelyn Underhill

#Three Quotes #Verbs Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes

“Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.”
“Are you an Israeli? I don't debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis”

Source : "George Galloway refuses to debate with Israeli student at Oxford" by Warren Murray, Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.
“What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party.”
“Merely being human is morally significant.”
“an individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jack Johnson from Sep 05, 2012
“Tell the truth about your wound, and then you will get a truthful picture of the remedy to apply to it. Don't pack whatever is easiest or most available into the emptiness. Hold out for the right medicine. You will recognize it because it makes your life stronger rather than weaker.”
“The guilt of newborns is immense.”
“If you believe you are right, then you should believe that you can make the case that you're right. This requires you to deal with serious objections properly.”

Source : "The dangers of a closed mind" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2009.

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