"[Science] has challenged the super-eminence of religion; it has turned all philosophy out of doors except that which clings to its skirts; it has thrown contempt on all learning that does not depend on it; and it has bribed the skeptics by giving us immense material comforts."

-- Katharine Fullerton Gerould

#Philosophy Quotes #Doors Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it.”
“As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos.”
“Perhaps we will one day be able at least to admit of a God possessing sufficient majesty and expansiveness to transcend the limits of our own imaginations and experience. But meanwhile, . . . we might do well to look upon the inadequacy of our concepts of God as the truest mirror of those limitations that define our condition.”
“You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.”

Source : Young Visiters (1919) ch. 2
“I love my grey hair and wrinkles. I love the fact that my face has more of an edge and more character than it did when I was in my twenties and thirties. No Botox for me.”

Source : "George Clooney's La Dolce Vita". Interview with Jack Ross, dolcemag.com. March 24, 2014.
“Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.”

Source : Andrew Weil (2011). “Spontaneous Happiness: Step-by-step to peak emotional wellbeing”, p.42, Hachette UK
“Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.”

Source : Douglas William Jerrold (1842). “Bubbles of the Day: a comedy. [In five acts and in prose.]”, p.33
“The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.”

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