"There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality."

-- Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon

#Love Quotes #Friendship Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“If every man possessed everything he wanted, and no one had the power to interfere with such possession; or if no man desired thatwhich could damage his fellow-man, justice would have no part to play in the universe.”
“Humankind has the science and technology to destroy itself or to provide prosperity for all. But while science offers us these opportunities, science will not make that choice for us. Only the moral power of a world acting as a community can”
“These people also tended to pretend to care deeply about the blind and otherwise disabled. I am sympathetic to the needs of those users, but I can't help but think that those who claimed to speak for the blind were being more than a little disingenuous, just like those Hemp people who present their arguments in terms of their deep and abiding care for the textile industry, when their real motives are ... something else entirely.”

Source : "The Markup Wars". www.jwz.org. 2003.
“Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rain.”
“Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune.”
“Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young.”

Source : "Karl Lagerfeld Gives His Best Quote About Plastic Surgery Yet" By Jamie Feldman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 13, 2014.
“Thanks to these eyes...I came to understand how cruel and despicable people can be. But that also allowed me to appreciate true beauty. All you have to do is appreciate things from a different perspective Once I realized the things we take for granted are really miracles, I came to see everything in it's precious, empheral beauty. ..... I love this world.”
“The mistake that people made around 2000 with the emergence of the web was that they thought that people would not read long-form on a screen. Following from that idea, they quit doing long-form on screens. It got shorter and shorter, and then came cats toying with flowers and all of those clichÃ©s, but it was wrong. People will read long-form on a device if they want to read long-form.”

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