"The world was hers for the reading."

-- Betty Smith

#Inspirational Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“O Thou who art my quietness, my deep repose, My rest from strife of tongues, my holy hill, Fair is Thy pavilion, where I hold me still. Back let them fall from me, my clamorous foes, Confusions multiplied; From crowding things of sense I flee, and Thee I hide. Until this tyranny be overpast, Thy hand will hold me fast; What though the tumult of the storm increase, Grant to Thy servant strength, O Lord, and bless with peace.”
“Ask yourself if you are in this for the long run-if it's only your weight you want to change or if you are willing to use your eating patterns as a portal to the inner universe. And if the answer is the latter, then there is no end to what you can learn, be, understand, become.”
“I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.”
“Happens I am very political. I have deep political instincts.”
“Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (1956). “The flight from the enchanter”, Viking Pr
“Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.”
“Meet the future; the future mode of transportation for this weary Western world. Now I'm not gonna make a lot of extravagant claims for this little machine. Sure, it'll change your whole life for the better, but that's all.”
“Sustainable development: Holding our world in trust for our children”

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