"Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile."

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Francois Fenelon

#Mind Quotes #Violence Quotes #Excitement Quotes

“Parents should leave books lying around marked â€˜forbiddenâ€™ if they want their children to read.”
“The past is history. The future is a mystery. The present is a gift.”
“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.”
“Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith”
“Man is a magnet, and every line and dot and detail of his experiences come by his own attraction.”

Source : Elizabeth Towne (2007). “Life Power and How to Use It”, p.69, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“I asked myself what Palestinians would do if Israel disappeared-if everything not only went back to the way it was before 1948 but if all the Jewish people abandoned the Holy Land and were scattered again. And for the first time, I knew the answer. We would still fight. Over nothing. Over a girl without a head scarf. Over who was toughest and most important. Over who would make the rules and who would get the best seat.”
“Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.”
“It (Hinduism) is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests. When a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes it in its folds, and finally causes it to disappear in its capaciousinterior....Hinduism has embraced Sikhism in its folds; the still comparatively young religion is making a vigorous struggle for life, but its ultimate destruction is, it is apprehended, inevitable without State support.”

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