"Indian standards of artistry, and Indian standards of humanity, and Indian standards of love, and of family, devotion, commitment, stand for me as the standard for how one should behave."

-- Clark Blaise

#Commitment Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Devotion Quotes

“The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens.”
“The great problem of today is, how to subject all physical phenomena to dynamical laws. With all the experimental devices, and all the mathematical appliances of this generation, the human mind has been baffled in its attempts to construct a universal science of physics.”
“Those playful fancies of the mighty sky.”
“Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.”
“Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV.”
“We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth?”
“The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.”
“Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.”

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