"'By convention there is color, by convention sweetness, by convention bitterness, but in reality there are atoms and the void,' announced Democritus. The universe consists only of atoms and the void; all else is opinion and illusion. If the soul exists, it also consists of atoms."

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Source : Edward Robert Harrison (1986). “Masks of the universe”, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Edward Robert Harrison

#Reality Quotes #Color Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Now, who can call 'Good Friday' good? - A term too oft misunderstood - You, who were bought by the blood of His cross, You can call 'Good Friday' good.”
“I'm a civilized person who obeys the law and is pretty easy to get along with, but I'm more complicated than that. I use my work as a way to get all that other stuff out and experiment with feelings and ideas, and the forbidden. That's just part of my process, I think, to identify something forbidden. That's what lures me into wanting to do the work, write the story down.”
“Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a disqualifying factor, nobody could hear the case. Everybody comes to these cases with some preconceptions, and the premise of our judicial system is that judges by training and by ethical codes are obligated to set those prejudices aside and to decide on the facts and the law. And to claim that somebody can't simply because of their racial identity is deeply offensive.”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". Interview with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
“Possible is more a matter of attitude, A matter of decision, to choose Among the impossible possibilities, When one sound opportunity Becomes a possible solution.”
“Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for intercession; let the original purpose of the monthly concert of prayer for missions be given a larger place; let missionary prayer cycles be used by families and by individual Christians.”

Source : John Raleigh Mott (1905). “The Evangelization of the World in this Generation”
“Marriages that last are with people who do not live in Los Angeles.”
“Nowadays, individual style isn't just much more understood, but much more appreciated; that there's not one forced look that we're all supposed to adhere to, and everyone can find their place that way.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Journalism is just a gun. Itâ€™s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, thatâ€™s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.”

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