"The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Motivational Quotes #Pain Quotes #Attitude Quotes

“A geek is like a dork. Someone whoâ€™s on the fringe, who you wouldnâ€™t want to hang out with. A nerd is someone too weird and smart to fit in with the masses. Like me.â€ â€œYouâ€™re not a nerd!â€ â€œItâ€™s okay. I know who I am. I consider it a compliment. I like when people tell me Iâ€™m weird.â€ I cram four Cheez Doodles into my mouth. â€œI mean, why be normal?”
“I don't believe in hell. I believe in unemployment, but not hell.”
“In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.”
“Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the first desert mystics, frequently encountered strange and sometimes terrifying psychophysical forces while at prayer.”
“To some people the ego is evil. It gives you so much. It gives you everything you want. But it takes back too much in return. It gives you everything: money, riches, women, glamour, everything you want. But in return it takes back so much, and you're soulless. That's its goal. The ego's goal is to leave you soulless.”
“Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I donâ€™t go along with that. The memories I value most, I donâ€™t ever see them fading.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kazuo Ishiguro from Apr 30, 2014
“We will not lose this election for lack of money.”
“A new scientific theory is seldom stated with such clarity by its original author, and usually takes many years to creep into public conciousness.”

Source : "The Force of Knowledge: The Scientific Dimension of Society". Book by John Ziman, p. 98, 1976.

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