"Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be."

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Source : MARY MAPES DODGE (1879). “ALONG THE WAY”

Mary Mapes Dodge

#Memorable Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I laugh when I see people in pain. Sometimes I think it is a defense mechanism from childhood, where you're in so much pain you have to laugh. It is a survival mechanism.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.”
“There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.”
“It's a very nice thing to have a baby.”
“Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually has the last word because it is quicker to see through self-deception than the mind. We may ignore or deride the messages of the body, but its rebellion demands to be heeded because its language is the authentic expression of our true selves and of the strength of our vitality.”
“Reliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. ... Dangers and ethical issue arise only when science is applied as technology.”

Source : "Who's to blame?" by Lewis Wolpert, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2002.
“Every public space is like a billboard, with messages from the collective subconscious of the nation. There one can read passivity, rage indifference, fear, double standards, subversion, bad economy, a twisted definition of 'public' itself, the whole Weltanschauung - an entire range of emotions and attitudes is exposed.”
“We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is it at all. It's stupid; it's a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that's rather different. That's a powerful reminder of where we are.”

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