"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit."

-- D. Elton Trueblood

#Men Quotes #Justice Quotes #Tree Quotes

“The most important characteristic that has allowed me to succeed is confidence. I have always been comfortable in my own skin, and even when I was just starting out in my career, had the strength and self-assurance to ask tough questions and push for answers.”
“I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready.”
“Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces”
“Literature often gets taught nowadays as a record of the sins and shortcomings of the past. I see literature and the arts very differently: as essential to being human and to human progress, individual and collective.”
“straightway like a bell Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas”
“All the electronic devices are weakening the social bonds. Sociologists and psychologists should study this serious threat instead of repeating that communication is the cement of society.”

Source : Source: deutsche-denker.de
“Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.”
“So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture, Of its own essence parcel pure.-- From grave simplicities a dress, And reticent demureness, And love encinctured with reserve; Which the woven vesture would subserve. For outward robes in their ostents Should show the soul's habiliments. Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so, But better Fair I use to know.”

Source : Francis Thompson (2002). “Poems of Francis Thompson”, p.14, A&C Black

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