"The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire."

-- Bhartrhari

#Lying Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Men Quotes

“If I'm hated, okay. I don't believe that.”
“I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.”
“I believed in God my whole life, and then strayed away from it in my teen-age years, until recently.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn't surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I'm very perverse in some ways. He's brilliant, but the entourage were rather daunting.”

Source : "Marianne Faithfull: 'I don't think I had any choice but to be decadent'". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2013.
“Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.”

Source : "Exhalation". Short story by Ted Chiang, 2008.
“I believe in living a poetic life, an art full life. Everything we do from the way we raise our children to the way we welcome our friends is part of a large canvas we are creating.”
“Suspense is torture ... but delightful--or there'd be no gambling in the world.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1907). “The Twelfth Hour”
“The discussion of prayer is so great that it requires the Father to reveal it, His firstborn Word to teach it, and the Spirit to enable us to think and speak rightly of so great a subject.”

Source : Origen, Rowan A. Greer (1979). “Origen”, p.86, Paulist Press

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