"Reason is no match for desire: when desire is purely and powerfully felt, it becomes a kind of reason of its own."

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Source : Eleanor Catton (2013). “The Luminaries”, p.260, Granta Books

Eleanor Catton

#Desire Quotes #Kind Quotes #Reason Quotes

“What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves.”
“Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.”
“It is my contention that no other invention of man has brought greater chaos to humanity than the practice of religion.”
“I just like to stay creative. Anything that can keep my mind going.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The way two people can end up in the same place, find each other in a crowd, and change their lives and the lives of the people around them forever... It makes you believe in fate. And fate gives love some authority. Like it's been stamped with approval from above, if you believe in above. A godly green light. Some destined significance.”
“Death is just a change in lifestyles.”

Source : Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.290, Anchor
“I've resisted pronouncing a sentence before guilt is found. I still have this old-fashioned notion that even with people like Osama, who is very likely to be found guilty, we should do our best not to, in positions of executive power, not to prejudge jury trials.”
“If you think you are working hard, you can work harder. If you think you are doing enough, there is more that you can do. No one really ever exhausts his full potential.”

Source : Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.37, U of Nebraska Press

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