"One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

#Pain Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed upon the United States. So short-lived has been the American Union, that men who saw it rise may live to see it fall.”
“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,Eagle with crest of red and gold,These men were born to drill and die.Point for them the virtue of slaughter,Make plain to them the excellence of killingAnd a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
“If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?”
“The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.”

Source : Erich Segal (1970). “Love Story”
“I have a certainty about eternity that is a wonderful thing, and I thank God for giving me that certainty. I do not fear death. I may fear a little bit about the process, but not death itself, because I think the moment that my spirit leaves this body, I will be in the presence of the Lord.”
“Great leaders donâ€™t try to be perfect. They try to be themselves. And thatâ€™s what makes them great.”
“I personally spend the majority of my time by far on outreach and education and fundraising and administration.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“A runner is a miser, spending the pennies of his energy with great stinginess, constantly wanting to know how much he has spent and how much longer he will be expected to pay. He wants to be broke at precisely the moment he no longer needs his coin.”

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