"We should keep [the Panama Canal]. After all, we stole it fair and square."

-- S. I. Hayakawa

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Squares Quotes

“How beautiful, buoyant, and glad is morning! The first sunshine on the leaves: the first wind, laden with the first breath of the flowersâ€”that deep sigh with which they seem to waken from sleep; the first dew, untouched even by the light foot of the early hare; the first chirping of the rousing birds, as if eager to begin song and flight; all is redolent of the strength given by rest, and the joy of conscious life.”

Source : Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1833). “The Book of Beauty: Comprising a Collection of Tales, Poems, &c”, p.170
“Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.”
“Spaces between the forms, or the negative shapes, play just as great a role as the positives and they enable you to check the accuracy of your drawing. The positives make the negatives and negatives make the positives.”
“I don't believe in fate," he said carefully, "but... I do believe everything happens for a reason. That there is some plan, some meaning to this darkness we live in.”
“Once [China] had a destiny. Once she was a conqueror. Now her greatest destiny seems to be merely to exist, to survive.”
“Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.”
“I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.”
“A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.”

Source : Thomas Keller (2016). “The French Laundry Cookbook”, p.2, Artisan Books

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