"Life is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith."

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Source : James Anthony Froude (1849). “The Nemesis of Faith”, p.34

James Anthony Froude

#Heart Quotes #Old Friends Quotes #Tears Quotes

“Celeborn is more fixed in his beliefs and methods than Galadriel, which is his failing, perhaps. As a team, they work well, although apparently they only have sex once every 2,000 years or so.”
“If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren.”
“I have always thought, "If the city cannot come to the country, then the country must come to the city."”

Source : "Siftings".
“The vast majority of the American people are hard-working taxpayers who take responsibility for their families, go to work every day, they pay their mortgage on time, they volunteer in their community.”
“Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world.”
“If one must choose between rigour and meaning, I shall unhesitatingly choose the latter.”
“In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his method he has to acquire from others.”

Source : Brander Matthews (1919). “The principles of playmaking: and other discussions of the drama”
“Iâ€™m going to argue here that the most accurate and least muddled way to think of permaculture is as a design approach, and that we are often misdirected by the fact that it fits into a larger philosophy and movement which it supports. But it is not that philosophy or movement. It is a design approach for realizing a new paradigm.”

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