"There is not one grain in the universe, either too much or too little, nothing to be added, nothing to be spared; nor so much as any one particle of it, that mankind may not be either the better or the worse for, according as it is applied."

-- Roger L'Estrange

#May Quotes #Littles Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.”
“The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can lift us to a new, green economy - one with the power to lift people out of poverty while respecting and repairing the environment.”

Source : Van Jones (2008). “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems”, HarperOne
“We want to be on the offensive without being offensive.”
“Life's harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they're like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they're a curse.”
“Fiction is a web of lies that attempts to entangle the truth. And autobiography may well be the reverse: data tricked up and rearranged to invent a fictive self.”
“Horses react appropriately while waiting for the human to get it right.”

Source : Monty Roberts (2002). “From My Hands to Yours: Lessons from a Lifetime of Training Championship Horses”, Monty & Pat Roberts Incorporated
“The city, no matter how small, is corrupt and unrepentant, while the sun shines brighter in the country, making people more wholesome.”

Source : Lori Lansens (2009). “The Girls”, p.46, Vintage Canada
“What are these voices outside love's open door, make us throw off our contentment, and beg for something more?”

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