"Windbags can be right. Aphorists can be wrong. It is a tough world."

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Source : The Times, February 21, 1985.

James Fenton

#World Quotes #Tough Quotes

“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
“In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy.”

Source : FaceBook post by Victoria Osteen from Jun 08, 2013
“Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far.”
“No amount of outer technology, no amount of computers and biotechnology and nanotechnology is going to stop the continuation of warfare and racism and environmental destruction. What's called for on the Earth at this time is really a change of heart ... the question is really not the future of humanity, but the presence of eternity.”
“Traditional marriage in the platform is the essential building block to our civilization.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes in a way which he would readily recognize as infantile within the sphere of his real interests. He becomes primitive again.”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.262, Routledge
“Heir to your own karma doesn't mean 'You get what you deserve.' I think it means 'You get what you get.' Bad things happen to good people. My happiness depending on my action means, to me, that it depends on my action of choosing compassion--for myself as well as for everyone else--rather than contention. [p.61]”
“All religions are true, because they are true in the hearts of all those who believe in them. What other kind of truth is there? In the past, the church has been harsh on those it deemed morally wrong or sinful. Today, we no longer judge. Like a loving father, we never condemn our children. Our church is big enough for heterosexuals and homosexuals, for the pro-life and the pro-choice! For conservatives and liberals, even communists are welcome and have joined us. We all love and worship the same God.”

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