"To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting."

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Source : "Maxims and Moral Sentences". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, pp. 153-186, No. 61, 1851.

StanisÅ‚aw I LeszczyÅ„ski

#Faith Quotes #Believe Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“I just am not good at math.”
“I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goes together like peanut butter and chocolate. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.”
“It is the assumption of this book that there is a typical human nature. It is the aim of this book to seek it. Just like a surgeon, a psychiatrist can make all sorts of basic assumptions when a patient lies down upon the couch. He can assume that the patient knows what it means to love, to envy, to trust, to think, to speak, to fear, to smile, to bargain, to covet, to dream, to remember, to sing, to quarrel, to lie. The 'smile' of a baboon is a threat; the smile of a man is a sign of pleasure: it is human nature, the world over.”
“The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?”
“I was born to love you with every single beat of my heart. I was born to take care of you every single day of my life.”
“Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.”
“I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.”
“There is a third dimension to traveling, the longing for what is beyond.”

Source : Jan Myrdal (1980). “The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili Through Sinkiang and Kansu”, Orion

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