"Destruction is the work of an afternoon. Creation is the work of a lifetime."

“No man is a man until he has been a soldier.”

Source : Louis de Bernieres (2012). “Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel”, p.104, Vintage

“Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.”

“It has occurred to me that possibly the white corpuscles may have the office of picking up and digesting bacterial organisms when by any means they find their way into the blood. The propensity exhibited by the leukocytes for picking up inorganic granules is well known, and that they may be able not only to pick up but to assimilate, and so dispose of, the bacteria which come in their way does not seem to me very improbable in view of the fact that amoebae, which resemble them so closely, feed upon bacteria and similar organisms.”

“Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight”

“He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity.”

“Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.”

“By being peaceful, quiet, and receptive, you pattern yourself in the image of God, and you regain the power of your Source.”

“Any color works if you push it to the extreme.”