"This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy."

-- T. S. Eliot

#Joy Quotes #Painful Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things.”

Source : Alexander von HUMBOLDT (1869). “Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America”, p.288
“There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests. For their part, many Chinese secretly believe that they care more about their children and are willing to sacrifice much more for them than Westerners, who seem perfectly content to let their children turn out badly. I think it's a misunderstanding on both sides. All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.”
“Honor and good faith and justice are equally due from this country toward the weak as toward the strong.”

Source : Henry Clay (1863). “Life and times”, p.28
“I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.”
“To me, horses and freedom are synonymous.”
“A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe when, in consequence of this detection, be presumes to place himself on a level with genius.”
“I've just been learning how to direct my own videos, choreography, doing costumes... every creative opportunity there is with my music I've taken.”
“Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.”

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