"Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on the underside of a bush in late summer, viewing it as a sign of the unexpected munificence of a divine creator, but we became modern when we gave up on awaiting sporadic gifts from above and sought to render any pleasing sensation immediately and repeatedly available."

-- Alain de Botton

#Summer Quotes #Berries Quotes #Might Quotes

“The key to contentedness is not the absence of work; neither is it to cap each day with the witless abandon of hollow entertainment, but to fill your days with that which fills your life with meaning.”
“We are not responding to this instant if we are judging any aspect of it.”
“There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and - most importantly - creating jobs.”
“Let's be honest - look what Hollywood at 18 is.”
“I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.”
“Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.”

Source : Eric Greitens (2011). “The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL”, p.92, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“In raising a people from slavery to freedom, you have called them to act on a new theatre; and it is a necessary part of your business, to teach them how to perform their parts.”

Source : Joel Barlow (1796). “The Political Writings of Joel Barlow ... A New Edition Corrected”, p.192
“You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.”

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