"The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Shining Quotes #Sun Quotes

“There are many children who need help, and anyone who wants to reach out and adopt a child from foster care or from a Russian orphanage should reach out and do it.”

Source : Source: www.cnn.com
“I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.”
“No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him.”

Source : Algernon Blackwood (2015). “JOHN SILENCE SERIES – Complete Collection: A Psychical Invasion + Ancient Sorceries + The Nemesis of Fire + Secret Worship + The Camp of the Dog + A Victim of Higher Space: Supernatural mysteries of Dr. John Silence”, p.61, e-artnow
“Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.”
“I want to live the way I choose. It's all about happiness. I'm a happy person. But to find true happiness, peace within yourself and the world, that is something achieved in the moment. No matter the circumstance.”

Source : Source: renownedforsound.com
“There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place.”
“Why do I feel so exercised about what we think of the people of the Middle Ages? ... I guess it's because so many of their voices are ringing vibrantly in my ears - Chaucer's, Boccaccio's, Henry Knighton's, Thomas Walsingham's. Froissart's, Jean Creton's... writers and contemporary historians of the period who seem to me just as individual, just as alive as we are today. We need to get to know these folk better in order to know who we are ourselves.”

Source : "The Middle Ages of reason" by Terry Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2004.
“The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.”

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