"The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it."

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Source : Horace Walpole (1967). “The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence”

Horace Walpole

#Respect Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #World Quotes

“Time was our very first king. We all live our lives to the aggressive ticking of the clock. We don't question that our lives are a grid of seconds; even our pulses oblige. No succeeding king can hope to hold this kind of power.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Apr 16, 2013
“I was born and raised Catholic.”

Source : "Reining in the Blood". Interview with Jason Handelsman, www.miaminewtimes.com. July 19, 2007.
“I definitely get my artistry and my vocal talent from my mother and mother's side. She sang in a jazz trio band so growing up my dad would always take me to see her play and she has a beautiful voice. When I was little and started to sing, she supported me and let that fire burn. She always knew what it took as a support system.”
“I'm not a teacher, but an awakener.”
“The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.933, Bantam
“I may be heaven-sent, but I'm not perfect.”

Source : Cynthia Leitich Smith (2010). “Eternal”, p.1, Candlewick Press
“Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed these pieties have wrought great evil.”
“Separation is the absence of Love, and Love is the absence of separation.”

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