"My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it."

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Wendell Phillips

#Men Quotes #Advice Quotes #Causes Quotes

“Teach by example and treat yourself the way you would want your children to treat themselves.”
“So I'm scared, because you're not just not human, you're not like anyone....there's nobody like you in all the world and it's you I want. I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.”
“The passing of time and all of its crimes is making me sad again. The passing of time and all of its sickening crimes is making me sad again. But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life.. Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine. But they were the only ones who ever stood by you”
“Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.”
“This is what it is to love an artist: The moon is always rising above your house. The houses of your neighbors look dull and lacking in moonlight. But he is always going away from you. Inside his head there is always something more beautiful.”

Source : Sarah Ruhl (2010). “The Clean House and Other Plays”, p.488, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Male, A member of the unconsidered or negligible gender. The male of the human race is commonly known to the female as Mere Man. The Genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.”
“Just keep going - no feeling is final.”
“Evil was necessary because without it free will was impossible, and without free will there could be no growthâ€”no forward movement, no chance for us to become what God longed for us to be. Horrible and all-powerful as evil sometimes seemed to be in a world like ours, in the larger picture love was overwhelmingly dominant, and it would ultimately be triumphant.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife”, p.48, Simon and Schuster

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