"Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues."

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Source : Iris Murdoch (2001). “A Fairly Honourable Defeat”, p.74, Penguin

Iris Murdoch

#Love Is Quotes #Names Quotes #Secret Quotes

“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
“Thou art hunger, yo. Make with the starvation.”
“I just think that culturally, women - we're all human beings - but at least we don't have our masculinity to prove.”
“I had been proud of my awareness, aware of my pride, and proud of that awareness again. It went on like this: How clever I am that I know I am so stupid, how stupid I am to think that I am clever, and how clever I am that I am aware of my stupidity, etc.”

Source : Janwillem van de Wetering (2014). “The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery”, p.131, St. Martin's Griffin
“That's insightful, but equally insightful is what they say afterwards. The other thing that I always point out is it's one thing to talk to the candidate. It's quite another to talk to the staff, and that's when you find out what's really going on.”

Source : "'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 24, 2015.
“Nostalgia is the bane of rock 'n' roll. He had the courage to let it all hang out. ... He was a considerable talent.”
“Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.”

Source : Eric Greitens (2012). “The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage”, p.106, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.”

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