"A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other."

-- John Gould

#Benefits Quotes #Lectures Quotes #Numb Quotes

“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.”
“Boys go to Washington to be somebody...men go to do something.”
“I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. Because he operates as if he's a child and everything is new, which seems more honest.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The heart needs not for its heaven much space, nor many stars therein, if only the star of love has arisen.”
“If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.”
“Schinkel was not arbitrary in his use of historical modes but rather eclectic in the best sense of the word. He could search the past for its conspicuous successes using them both freely and discursively as the basis for a contemporary architecture.”
“In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.”

Source : "Letter to a Christian Nation". Book by Sam Harris, 2006.
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

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