"The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most."

-- Maurice Maeterlinck

#Future Quotes #World Quotes #Chance Quotes

“My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.”
“There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.”

Source : Catherine Drinker Bowen (1959). “Adventures of a Biographer”, Boston : Little, Brown
“A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to follow will not seem to throw it further back -- it is already so far.”
“I'm definitely nervous and excited. I feel like I've been playing off-Broadway, not to say that Boston doesn't have a great theatre district or great theatre, but it's not going to Broadway; it's just a different city.”
“When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?”

Source : Matthew Scully (2003). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.429, Macmillan
“It's likely that only vibrations of love and gratitude appear in nature, and observations of nature shows this to be true.”

Source : Masaru Emoto (2011). “The Hidden Messages in Water”, p.46, Simon and Schuster
“Sweet treats are as much a part of our culture as they are our taste palettes, and it can sometimes seem as though sugary snacks are everywhere.”

Source : "The Power Of The Miracle Berry" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.
“Religion is not the hero of the day, but the zero. In any exposition of the products of brains, the Sunday-School takes the booby prize. . . . Man has asked for truth and the Church has given him miracles. He has asked for knowledge, and the Church has given him theology. He has asked for facts, and the Church has given him the Bible. This foolishness should stop. The Church has nothing to give man that has not been in cold storage for two thousand years. Anything would become stale in that time.”

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