"Altruism is written in everlasting and resplendent character on the Cross of Christ, and it was at Calvary that the centre of life was shifted from selfishness to sacrifice."

-- Jon Weber

#Friday Quotes #Character Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes

“The band may be small in terms of numbers with only two members, but Halifax rockers The Town Heroes are mighty in sound.”
“It is the function of a liberal university not to give right answers, but to ask right questions.”
“You donâ€™t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebodyâ€™s English class, wasnâ€™t he? How annoying would that be?”
“I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.”
“It doesn't matter whether you're black or white, practice a different religion, come from a different culture, or have a disability. If you're different from most of the people you're surrounded by, some people might not be as tolerant as they should be.”
“So intense was his sexual frustration that it had begun to feel like a life-threatening illness: testicular gout, libidinal gangrene.”

Source : "The Teleportation Accident". Book by Ned Beauman, July 19, 2012.
“Yes, I am the last man to have walked on the moon, and that's a very dubious and disappointing honor. It's been far too long.”
“...if use is not an appropriate criterion for decision making in the academic life, what is? Love. ...The virtues of love as a criterion for choosing a college major...it is not pretentious. "Use" is pretentious because it claims to know something about the future that it doesn't really know. Love is immediate... [love] guarantees that you will work to your highest potential...it is part of who you are, and not just something you think, often wrongly, that you can use.”

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