"Absurd, irreducible; nothing--not even a profound and secret delirium of nature--could explain [a tree root]."

-- Jean-Paul Sartre

#Nature Quotes #Roots Quotes #Profound Quotes

“It is only in times of social dissolution, as in the last age of the small Semitic states, when men and their gods were alike powerless before the advance of the Assyrians, that magical superstitions based on mere terror, or rites designed to conciliate alien gods, invade the sphere of tribal or national religion. In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual.”

Source : William Robertson Smith (1889). “Lectures on the Religion of the Semites: First Series. The Fundamental Institutions”
“In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about ourselves and each other.”

Source : "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey, 1959.
“While von Clausewitz said, 'War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means,' when considering the welfare of our men and women in uniform, their families, our veterans and survivors, don't let politics drive your decisions.”
“You have to hold onto your fantasy.”
“If you want to be of use to God, maintain the proper relationship with Jesus Christ by staying focused on Him & He will make use of you every minute you live- yet you will be unaware, on the conscious level of your life, that you are being used of Him.”
“At first I was laboring under the impression that Chinese lyrics didn't rhyme. That turned out to be untrue - they don't rhyme in translation.”
“Golf is a game in which you yell "for," shoot six, and write down five.”
“Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.”

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