"A foreigner is a friend I have yet to meet."

--

Pearl S. Buck

#Foreigners Quotes

“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 23, 2015
“Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing good.”
“The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find.”

Source : Sir Edmund Hillary (2013). “High Adventure: Our Ascent of the Everest”, p.6, Roli Books Private Limited
“Looking about me, listening and recalling what the day had been like, I suddenly felt a secret unease in my heart and raised my eyes to the sky, but even in the sky there seemed to be no tranquillity. Dotted with stars, it constantly quivered and danced and shivered.”
“And you know what people immediately start looking for, five minutes after they arrive someplace new? You know what's on their minds? I'll tell you: How are they gonna get laid, and where are they gonna find some mind-altering substances.”
“You are your best thing”

Source : Toni Morrison, Danille Kathleen Taylor-Guthrie (1994). “Conversations with Toni Morrison”, p.251, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Who am I, Jesus, that You'd call me by name?”
“The best part is not the biggest, it's the one that's most memorable.”

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