"After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the case for scrapping it is less obvious than I originally thought."

-- Jeff Greenfield

#Believe Quotes #College Quotes #Mystery Quotes

“Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.”

Source : Adelbert von Chamisso (1845). “The Shadowless Man; Or, The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl”
“I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.”
“Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.”
“In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet.”

Source : Les Dawson (2012). “Les Dawson's Joke Book”, p.19, Michael O'Mara Books
“I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.”
“The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.”

Source : Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.31, Macmillan
“There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us.”
“The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.”

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