"The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads."

-- Jack McDevitt

#Running Quotes #Believe Quotes #Forever Quotes

“The problem is compounded by the fact that the connection between cause and effect seems so improbable. By turning on the lights, filling the kettle, taking the children to school, driving to the shops, we are condemning other people to death. We never chose to do this. We do not see ourselves as killers. We perform these acts without passion or intent.”
“The speculators deadly enemies are: Ignorance, greed, fear and hope. All the statute books in the world and all the rules of all the Exchanges on earth cannot eliminate these from the human animal.”

Source : Edwin Lefevre (2013). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.477, Lulu Press, Inc
“The curse of the intelligent man is that he will always find himself surrounded by the ignorant. The measure of the intelligent man is determined by his tolerance toward them.”
“There are people in New York who feel I should have more of a hometown approach. I feel we have to be a mirror and reflect whats happening on the court.”
“Why, when the world gets to understand about it I expect that two men or two women, or a man and a woman, will come in here, and say to me, 'We have quarrelled and outraged each other, we have injured our friend, our wife, our husband; we regret, we would forgive, but we cannot, because we remember. Put between us the atonement of forgetfulness, that we may love each other as of old.”

Source : "Dr. Heidenhoff's Process". Book by Edward Bellamy. Chapter 11, 1880.
“In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.”
“â€Ž"Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.”
“The way to the stars is open.”

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