"Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: 'My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.' This stranger is a theologian."

-- Denis Diderot

#Blow Quotes #Night Quotes #Light Quotes

“The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.”
“Syria and Iran have always had a pretty tight relationship, and it looks to me like they just cooked up a press release to put out to sort of restate the obvious. They're both problem countries; we know that. And this doesn't change anything.”
“I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.”

Source : Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2006.
“Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.”
“It is not arrogant or egotistical to feel good inside. You had nothing to do with it. It's simply the honest response to clearly perceived Reality.”

Source : Erich Schiffmann (2013). “Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stilln”, p.308, Simon and Schuster
“The best gifts to give: To your friend, loyalty; To your enemy, forgiveness; To your boss, service; To a child, a good example; To your parents, gratitude and devotion; To your mate, love and faithfulness; To all men and women, charity.”
“To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above the truth.”
“I'm still there, watching those possessed children, as far away from the mystery now as I was then. I've never written, though I thought I wrote, never loved, though I thought I loved, never done anything but wait outside the closed door.”

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