"One can be a soldier without dying and a lover without sighing."

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Source : Edwin Arnold (2015). “Collected Works of Edwin Arnold: Buddhism and Hinduism Studies, Poetry & Plays (Unabridged): The Essence of Buddhism, Light of the World, The Light of Asia, The Song Celestial, Indian Poetry, Hindu Literature, The Japanese Wife, Death--And Afterwards…”, p.783, e-artnow

Edwin Arnold

#Soldier Quotes #Dying Quotes #Lovers Quotes

“We cannot ask in behalf of Christ what Christ would not ask Himself if He were praying.”
“I have no truck with lettuce, cabbage, and similar chlorophyll. Any dietitian will tell you that a running foot of apple strudel contains four times the vitamins of a bushel of beans.”
“If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldnâ€™t cry at the end when he drove off the lot, testing the windshield wipers.Â You wouldnâ€™t tell your friends you saw a beautiful movie or go home and put a record on to think about the story youâ€™d seen.Â The truth is, you wouldnâ€™t remember that movie a week later, except youâ€™d feel robbed and want your money back.Â Nobody cries at the end of a movie about a guy who wants a Volvo.”
“Our entire society is based on discontent. People wanting more and more and more. Being constantly dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their dÃ©cor, their clothes, everything â€“ taking it for granted that thatâ€™s the whole point of life. Never to be satisfied. If you are perfectly happy with what you got, especially if what you got isnâ€™t even all the spectacular then youâ€™re dangerous. Youâ€™re breaking all the rules. Youâ€™re undermining the sacred economy. Youâ€™re challenging every assumption that society is built on.”
“Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.”
“If the history-deniers who doubt the fact of evolution are ignorant of biology, those who think the world began less than ten thousand years ago are worst than ignorant, they are the deluded to the point of perversity.”
“While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.”
“All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.”

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