"He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest."

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Source : "History of the Conquest of Mexico: With a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, Vol. 2". Book by William Hickling Prescott, J.B. Lippincott - Company, p. 346, 1877.

Hernando Cortes

#Travel Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“Like anyone else, I too have the potential for violence; I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that anger is a destructive emotion. I remind myself that scientists now say that anger is bad for our health; it eats into our immune system. So, anger destroys our peace of mind and our physical health. We shouldnâ€™t welcome it or think of it as natural or as a friend.”
“You can only drive yourself crazy if you have no distance from the world”

Source : Suki Kim (2004). “The Interpreter: A Novel”, p.277, Macmillan
“Here is the basic question: Are we marionettes, or are we creatures of free will who just happen to have a lot of jerky reflexes?”
“I just said to myself, 'Damn, I'm a great player.'”
“When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.”
“The act of expressing oneself is a physical one. It materializes the thought.”

Source : Speech to the Penguins, 1949.
“The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.”
“Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.”

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