"There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study."

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Source : William Graham Sumner (1924). “Selected Essays of William Graham Sumner”

William Graham Sumner

#Nature Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Self Quotes

“I have some figures which compare the cost of one kilo of airplane compared to one kilo of rice. One kilo of airplane costs thirty thousand US dollars and one kilo of rice is seven cents. And if you want to pay for your one kilo of high-tech products with a kilo of rice, I donâ€™t think we have enough.”
“You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.”

Source : Dennis Wholey, Cleveland Amory (1986). “Are you happy?: some answers to the most important question in your life”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
“You want one civil war, brah?”

Source : "Hawaii House Advances Same-Sex Marriage Bill, Sets Final Vote For Friday" by Chad Blair and Nathan Eagle, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2013.
“I would not like to live in a world without cathedrals. I need their beauty and grandeur. I need their imperious silence. I need it against the witless bellowing of the barracks yard and the witty chatter of the yes-men. I want to hear the rustling of the organ, this deluge of ethereal notes. I need it against the shrill farce of marches.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.85, Atlantic Books Ltd
“I am a student of love.”
“All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.”
“Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more indifferent I become to myself. My attention has diminished, my memory is weakened. My mental fatigue is now greater than the bodily. It is so pleasant to sit doing nothing - and therefore so dangerous. Death through exhaustion is like death through freezing - a pleasant one.”
“The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms has no historical foundation.”

Source : Joyce Lee Malcolm (1996). “To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right”, p.163, Harvard University Press

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