"So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?"

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Source : Anthony Doerr (2014). “All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

Anthony Doerr

#Life Quotes #Children Quotes #Light Quotes

“When you hit a wall â€“ of your own imagined limitations â€“ just kick it in.”
“Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.”
“I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality.”
“The only living language is the language in which we think and have our being.”
“I used to scream at everybody at the beginning of my career. I'd get really emotional. I'd project all my issues about my parents and safety onto the executives, so every conversation where they gave a note was life or death and you don't love me.”
“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.”

Source : Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.70, Routledge
“... human free will implies God's prior decision not to tamper with the metaphysical base of that free will. It also implies man's ability to reject the persuasion God uses to influence that free will while leaving its metaphysical base intact! Persuasion, not compulsion, is what even He must rely upon! And persuasion, by its very definition, must be resistible!”

Source : Don Richardson (1984). “Eternity in Their Hearts”, Baker Publishing Group
“It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.”

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