"But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself."

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Source : Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

Rachel Carson

#War Quotes #Men Quotes

“Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”

Source : "Runaway Horses". Book by Yukio Mishima, 1969.
“The church is the gathering of God's children, where they can be helped and fed like babies and then guided by her motherly care, grow up to manhood in maturity of faith.”
“Who can fear Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll- Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year? Say thou dost love me, love me, love me-toll The silver iterance!-only minding, Dear, To love me also in silence, with thy soul.”
“And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or the blue one, faster or slower. And it's the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people.”
“The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus is completely in control. This is the outcome of allowing Jesus to satisfy every area of life to its depth. The picture resulting from such a life is that of the strong, calm balance that our Lord gives to those who are intimate with Him.”
“For me, my travels have been the chance to go to a place that already exists in my imagination.”
“No one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me.”
“I, methought, while the sweet breath of heaven Was blowing on my body, felt within A correspondent breeze, that gently moved With quickening virtue, but is now become A tempest, a redundant energy, Vexing its own creation.”

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