"We must cultivate our garden. Furia to God one day in seven allots; The other six to scandal she devotes. Satan, by false devotion never flammed, Bets six to one, that Furia will be damned."

-- Horace Walpole

#Responsibility Quotes #Garden Quotes #Optimism Quotes

“It can't rain all the time.”

Source : "The Crow". www.imdb.com. 1994.
“The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.”
“So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true.”
“Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.”
“Never had Parliament or the crown, or both together, operated in actuality as theory indicated sovereign powers should.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.203, Harvard University Press
“We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.”
“I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother.”
“The purpose of apology is to extend ourselves in such a way that relationships become deeper, and life becomes richer and more human in the process.”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.240, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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