"What we have is given by God and to teach it to others is to return it to him."

-- Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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“It is a confession that we do not have such a prodigious head as is required to answer the question what is happening, that we cannot get on top of what is happening, that we are stuck in the middle of it, in medias res, inter-esse, amazing and bewildered. We cannot soar over what is happening with philosophy's eagle-wings. What's happening has clipped our wings.”
“Evil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.”

Source : Frank Norris (2008). “The Octopus”, p.838, Book Jungle
“People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.”
“He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection.”

Source : Robert Boyle (1966). “Works”
“No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.”
“Examples of exaggeration can be found in almost any advertising medium. The use of the superlative is altogether too prevalent. 'The finest,' 'the best,' 'the greatest,' 'the purest,' 'the most economical,' and so on ad infinitum, are hurled at the public everywhere. Surely not all products of the same class can be the best or the finest.”

Source : Daniel Starch (1914). “Advertising: Its Principles, Practice, and Technique”
“Rational egoism is the only morality that is for human life; thus, it is the only morality that is actually moral. Those who choose to be rationally self-interested thereby make the most of their life - and they are morally good because of it.”
“Never Let Anyone Come to You Without Coming Away Better and Happier”

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