"But Chinese civilization has the overpowering beauty of the wholly other, and only the wholly other can inspire the deepest love and the profoundest desire to learn."

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Source : Joseph Needham (2013). “The Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West”, p.176, Routledge

Joseph Needham

#Science Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what Richard did, but that is typical of people in this sport.”
“But you're so helpless sometimes. It's like watching a kitten with its head trapped in a Kleenex box.”
“Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.”

Source : Alvar Aalto, Karl Fleig, Elissa Aalto (1990). “Alvar Aalto: 1963-1970 (3. Aufl.)”
“I think some of the big characters, you know, they do these adventures, but they've got something about them, they've got this charisma, and they've got to have a sense of humor. Because whether it be very dry, or very silly, they've got to be likable.”
“The only time I've really been away from my kids to do work was doing Shall We Dance because they both were in camp and it was the first time in twenty years that I haven't been with my kids.”
“We shouldn't demonize the woman who wears high heels and we shouldn't demonize the woman who doesn't wear high heels. We should accept all forms of comportment.”
“Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.”

Source : Janette Rallison (2010). “My Fair Godmother”, p.65, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.”

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