"Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing for something beyond the present, a striving towards regions yet unknown and unopened."

-- Wilhelm von Humboldt

#Sadness Quotes #Men Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!”
“Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather than just another possession.”
“The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.”
“The saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.”

Source : "Fingers Pointing Towards the Moon: Reflections of a Pilgrim on the Way". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1958.
“The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.”
“As governor of Lagos, I never signed a cheque and never fixed contract prices.”
“There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.”
“I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.”

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