"No pleasure or success in life quite meets the capacity of our hearts. We take in our good things with enthusiasm, and think ourselves happy and satisfied; but afterward, when the froth and foam have subsided, we discover that the goblet is not more than half-filled with the golden liquid that was poured into it."

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Source : Louise Imogen Guiney (1885). “Goose-quill Papers”

Louise Imogen Guiney

#Heart Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?”
“It is my inner conviction that the development of science seeks in the main to satisfy the longing for pure knowledge.”
“In the evening I go up in the desert and spend hours watching the sun go down, just enjoying it, and every day I go out and watch it again. I draw some and there is a little painting and so the days go by.”
“Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.”

Source : "China and America" by Foster Rhea Dulles, (p. 200), 1981.
“I've got a clear line between work and real life.”

Source : "Question time: Ed Westwick". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2009.
“The world would be a healthier place if oral contraceptives were available in every corner store and cigarettes were limited to prescription use.”
“Live from the inside out. Your mind, body and spirit are interconnected. Nourish your soul with mental and physical wellness.”
“I'm talking about science on the leading edge, where it's not clear which way things are going be cause we don't know, and I'm dealing with areas which we don't know about.”

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