"To what gods is sacrificed that rarest and sweetest thing upon earth, friendship? To vanity and to interest."

-- Guillaume-Chretien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

#Friendship Quotes #Vanity Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I strongly believe that nothing is more spiritual than living at our highest potential while serving others. I believe that the more closely aligned we are to "spirit" the more fully we will give ourselves in service to the world. As such, my "spiritual path" is the path that leads me to a more complete manifestation of my unique Bodhisattvic duties.”
“When you need a friend, you can always count on your teammates.”
“Don't get me started on critics.”
“I dissolved, so white, so unapproachable, amid my white flame, in the whiteness of moonlight”
“I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season”

Source : "Gerrard sounds clarion call", www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2005.
“I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.”
“True translation is transparent: it does not obscure the original, does not stand in its light, but rather allows pure language, as if strengthened by its own medium, to shine even more fully on the original.”
“Other men used their effete faiths and mean faculties with a high moral purpose. The Venetian gave the most earnest faith, and the lordliest faculty, to gild the shadows of an antechamber, or heighten the splendours of a holiday.”

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