"Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage."

-- Oscar Pistorius

#Disadvantages Quotes

“Philosophy is a necessary activity because we, all of us, take a great number of things for granted, and many of these assumptions are of a philosophical character; we act on them in private life, in politics, in our work, and in every other sphere of our lives -- but while some of these assumptions are no doubt true, it is likely, that more are false and some are harmful. So the critical examination of our presuppositions -- which is a philosophical activity -- is morally as well as intellectually important.”
“Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and honest in relationships of all kinds. It means taking life as it is.”
“The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.”
“The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble.”
“Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.”

Source : 'Man' from 'Silex Scintillans' (1650-5)
“To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I'm adding up the evidence on either side, and I'm seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.”
“It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains.”
“My other bodily ailments have become mere matters of history.”

Source : William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.50, Cosimo, Inc.

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