"See, then, how powerful religion is; it commands the heart, it commands the vitals. Morality,--that comes with a pruning-knife, and cuts off all sproutings, all wild luxuriances; but religion lays the axe to the root of the tree. Morality looks that the skin of the apple be fair; but religion searcheth to the very core."

-- Nathaniel Culverwell

#Powerful Quotes #Heart Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“Every moment is the paradox of now or never.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.53, Oneworld Publications
“Stretching, which I do for five to 10 minutes before and after a match, is so important in general when it comes to prolonging your career and staying injury-free.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.”

Source : Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
“Go to your checkbook and see what you spend money on. In an instant, you will know what is important to you because your money goes toward it.”
“Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially subversive) alone with a book the whole razzmatazz of prizes, banquets, television spectaculars, bestseller lists, even literature courses, editors and authors, are all worthless. Unless a book finds lovers among those solitary readers, it will not live . . . or live for long.”
“My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.”
“How I exist in this world is that you're in or you're out. You are family or you are the enemy.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“A sailor's joys are as simple as a child's.”

Source : Bernard Moitessier (1995). “The Long Way”, p.13, Sheridan House, Inc.

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