"The extraordinary triumph of the cellphone among India's poor stemmed from its ability to enable a most mundane human need, which is to chat with other people. And when the poor chat, it is not always about curing a child of diarrhea."

-- Manu Joseph

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Triumph Quotes

“Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.”
“A Platonic friendship is perhaps only possible when one or other of the Platonists is in love with a third person.”

Source : "The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.
“Sometimes death is proof of life. Sometimes decay points out a certain verve.”

Source : Karen Thompson Walker (2014). “The Age of Miracles”, p.203, Simon and Schuster
“Every liberal on the campaign trail has a plan to deliver free, socialized medicine, but no country on earth, folks, can possibly pay for every test for everybody without going bankrupt.”
“Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.”
“To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).”
“Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life.”

Source : Russell Conwell (2013). “Acres of Diamonds: The Secret Edition - Open Your Heart to the Real Power and Magic of Living Faith and Let the Heaven Be in You, Go Deep Inside Yourself and Back, Feel the Crazy and Divine Love and Live for Your Dreams”, p.38, Lulu Press, Inc
“You can't help being young, but it's past time that you stopped being stupid.”

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