"Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fearâ€”dogs, alligators or men!"

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Source : Solomon Northup, Harriet Beecher Stowe (2014). “Twelve Years A Slave: illustrated Original Edition With Bonus of Uncle Tom's Cabin”, p.74, Ageless Reads

Solomon Northup

#Dog Quotes #Men Quotes #Reason Quotes

“One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.”
“Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones.”
“I see my work as having a relationship to the visual world, not just some emotive residue of my feelings. It relates to something that exists, or might exist, rather than a transcendent mental state or something like that.”

Source : Interview with Michel Auder, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 22, 2009.
“Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble.”
“Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.”

Source : The Homiletic Review, April 1896.
“Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.”
“Bankers were scapegoats for the whole Reagan-Thatcher era, which exalted finance and humbled industry, and which had allowed the fruits of progress to accrue disproportionately to the rich and super-rich.”
“Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.”

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