"Everyone believes that he abounds in wisdom, but is short of money."

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Source : Marsilio Ficino (1975). “Liber I”, Shepheard-Walwyn Limited

Marsilio Ficino

#Believe Quotes

“Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who will receive their bread from their employers. Will such men be the secure and faithful guardians of liberty? Give the votes to people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich who will be able to buy them.”
“In space there are countless constellations, suns and planets; we see only the suns because they give light; the planets remain invisible, for they are small and dark. There are also numberless earths circling around their suns...”

Source : "Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces that Shape the Universe". Book by Martin J. Rees (p. 22), 2000.
“At some point in your life, this statement will be true: tomorrow you will lose everything forever.”

Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Enhanced Edition): A Novel”, p.206, Knopf
“No amount of belief makes something a fact.”

Source : FaceBook post by James Randi from Oct 24, 2013
“We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black people... The question for black people is not, when is the white man going to give us our rights, or when is he going to give us good education for our children, or when is he going to give us jobs-if the white man gives you anything-just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.”
“If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.”
“My greatest desire is that you would encounter His presence; and everything about your life would be different.”
“I'll miss Hollywood. Of the twenty friends I thought I had, I'll miss the six I really had.”

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