"The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also"

-- Edward Coke

“To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.”

Source : Mircea Eliade (1959). “The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion”, p.23, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Invest in stupidity, its stocks never go down.”
“Ka is a wheel; its one purpose is to turn. The spin of ka always brings us back to the same place, to face and reface our mistakes and defeats until we can learn from them. When we learn from the past, the wheel continues to move forward, towards growth and evolution. When we donâ€™t, the wheel spins backward, and we are given another chance. If once more we squander the opportunity, the wheel continues its rotation towards devolution, or destruction.”

Source : Robin Furth, Stephen King (2006). “Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“My jogging is the best thing in my life. Wake up in the morning and jog. Come to the gym and train my ***** off. Be fit, make myself fit. Feel like a man. Because when you get to the ring and you start to get tired, it's very bad.”

Source : Source: www.boxinginsider.com
“A bird painted not with beauty but with all the dirt and wounds collected in a long hard life, in battle, in love, with torn feathers and a busted leg and a chipped beak and one of its eyes half closed; and yet a bird of deeper loveliness for all of that.”
“Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next?”
“I mostly get takeout, I have to admit - I don't know if that's something to be ashamed of. I'm not much of a cook.”
“I initially wanted to be a teacher, and then I was going to become an engineer and build bridges and highways, but pretty soon I went into the business world. I never did get to be a teacher except in a different way.”

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