"I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't."

-- Mark Twain

#Motivational Quotes #Truth Quotes #Lying Quotes

“Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity.”
“Peace is an Excellent Thing, and War is a great Misfortune. But there are Many things More valuable than Peace, and many Things Much worse than war. The maintenance of the Ottoman Empire belongs to the First Class, the Occupation of Turkey by Russia belongs to the Second.”
“The wind comes creeping, it calls to me to come go exploring. It sings of the things that are to be found under the leaves. It whispers the dreams of the tall fir trees. It does pipe the gentle song the forest sings on gray days. I hear all the voices calling me. I listen. But I cannot go.”

Source : Opal Whiteley “The Story of Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart”, Lulu.com
“The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.”
“See you soon (but not soon enough).”

Source : Sophie Jordan (2011). “Firelight”, p.70, Oxford University Press - Children
“Obviously there is pain in childbirth. But giving birth is also a moment of awe and wonder, a moment when the true miracle of aliveness, and of a woman's amazing part in that miracle, is suddenly experienced in every cell of one's body. It is in that sense truly an altered state of consciousness.”
“If you think youâ€™re attractive, youâ€™re always attractive.”
“God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.”

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