"The mind which is free from passions is a citadel, for man has nothing more secure to which he can fly for refuge and for the future be inexpugnable . He then who has not seen this is an ignorant man: but he who has seen it and does not fly to this refuge is unhappy."

-- Marcus Aurelius

#Passion Quotes #Men Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Change excites me. I am fifty years old. It's when the mind catches up with the body.”
“If you're satisfied with everything you're just going to stay at one level and the world will move ahead.”
“What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest fashion we know how...We want to include songs that lyrically cover subjects ranging from the heaviest things we've ever done to light-hearted experiences that can best be presented through sentimental bluesy ballads that are usually good for a chuckle or two.”
“When we really see each other, we want to help each other.”

Source : "The art of asking". TED Talks, www.ted.com. February 2013.
“More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.”
“Isn't it supposed to be like this?" He smiled. "The glory of first love, and all that. It's incredible, isn't it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?" "Very different," I agreed. "More forceful than I'd imagined.”
“If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government.”

Source : George Crook (1986). “General George Crook: His Autobiography”, p.229, University of Oklahoma Press

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