"When you choose one way out of many, all the ways you don't take are snuffed out like candles, as if they'd never existed."

-- Philip Pullman

#Philosophy Quotes #Way Quotes #Candle Quotes

“Truthfulness with me is hardly a virtue. I cannot discriminate between truths that and those that don't need to be told.”
“It is a part of the function of "law" to give recognition to ideas representing the exact opposite of established conduct. Most of the complications arise from the necessity of pretending to do one thing, while actually doing another.”
“The famous herbalist Samuel Thompson used two herbs mainly, cayenne & lobelia. And with those two herbs, it is estimated he helped 3.5 million people recover from their illnesses.”
“I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble”
“Mind is never a problem. Mindset is”
“I don't know if we'll ever get used to the attention from the fans.”
“The way we treat people we think can't help or hurt us - like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries - tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How we behave when we think no one is looking or when we don't think we will get caught more accurately portrays our character than what we say or do in service of our reputations.”
“Looking at obesity without preconceived ideas, one would assume that the main trend of research should be directed toward an examination of abnormalities of the fat metabolism, since by definition excessive accumulation of fat is the underlying abnormality. It so happens that this is the least work has been done.”

Source : "The Importance of Overweight".

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