"Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay."

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Source : Janet Fitch (2002). “White Oleander”, Large Print Press

Janet Fitch

#Heart Quotes #Water Quotes #Poetry Quotes

“The way forward does not lie in amateur and comically timeless linguistic sociology which takes 'forms of life ' for granted (and this is what philosophy has been recently), but in the systematic study of forms of life which does not take them for granted at all. It hardly matters whether such an inquiry is called philosophy or sociology.”

Source : Director of the Center for the Study of Nationalism Ernest Gellner, Ernest Gellner (2004). “The Devil in Modern Philosophy”, p.33, Routledge
“This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart.”
“If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.”
“The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your system, which act as a natural mood elevator. In Norman Cousin's book, Anatomy of an Illness, Cousin's describes the regimen he followed to overcome a serious debilitating disease he was suffering from. It included large doses of laughter and humor. Published in 1976, his book has been widely accepted by the medical community.”
“If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.”
“Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.”
“It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.”
“So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world.”

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