"Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent."

-- Alex Flinn

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Viewpoints Quotes

“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.”
“... was there no one over thirty-five who had not some secret agony, some white-faced fear? Half one's life one walked carelessly, certain that some day one would have one's heart's desire: and for the rest of it, one either goes empty, or walks carrying a full cup, afraid of every step.”

Source : Helen Waddell (2013). “Peter Abelard”, p.88, Read Books Ltd
“The late King's great service for the Muslim world and his noble deeds of charity and assistance for the poor of humanity will be long remembered with reverence.”
“In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In our days a deluge, not of water but of sins, continually inundates the earth, and out of this deluge very few escape. Scarcely anyone is saved.”
“To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.”
“Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.”
“I find that I have painted my life, things happening in my life - without knowing. After painting the shell and shingle many times, I did a misty landscape of the mountain across the lake, and the mountain became the shape of the shingle - the mountain I saw out my window, the shingle on the table in my room. I did not notice that they were alike for a long time after they were painted.”
“My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.”

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