"Compared with more emotional types, Vermonters seem to have few passions. But those they have are great and burning. The greatest is their conviction that without freedom human life is not worth living."

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Source : Dorothy Canfield Fisher “Vermont Tradition: The Biography of an Outlook on Life”

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#Passion Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Burning Quotes

“What kind of world do we live in? Why are we applauding this guy's abs? I mean, no offense to Michael Phelps. We like him. But he's not smart. He hasn't invented anything or saved people's lives. He's a guy with abs, and we celebrate these abs.”
“Forgiveness is man's deepest need and highest achievement.”

Source : Horace Bushnell, Henry Barrett Learned (1910). “Spirit in Man: Sermons and Selections”
“Beauties are always curious about beauties, and wits about wits.”
“Others of us are lost. We're forever seeking. We torture ourselves with philosophies and ache to see the world. We question everything, even our own existence. We ask a lifetime of questions and are never satisfied with the answers because we don't recognize anyone as an authority to give them. We see life and the world as an enormous puzzle that we might never understand, that our questions might go unanswered until the day we die, almost never occurs to us. And when it does, it fills us with dread.”
“It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.”
“Women are like wine: I can only afford the really cheap ones that have the big, ugly boxes that leak.”
“By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.”
“Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ***** in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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