"It would seem, after this, that even when living upon earth we must live as if in the heavenly kingdom, dwelling there in anticipation by hope. But in reality, for the greater part, the contrary is the case. Men cling with their whole being to the earth and everything earthly."

-- John of Kronstadt

#Reality Quotes #Men Quotes #Dwelling Quotes

“Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you more than I have.”
“Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes; And when in act they cease, in prospect rise.”
“Hitler's dictatorship was the first of an industrial estate in this age of modern technology, a dictatorship which employed to perfection the instruments of technology to dominate its own people. By means of such instruments of technology, eighty million persons could be made subject to the will of one individual. Telephone, teletype, radio, made it possible to transmit the commands of the highest levels directly to the lowest organs where they were executed uncritically”
“If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.”
“Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.”
“I suppose the difference between baby people and me is that I do not consider smiling while farting 'holding up your end of a conversation.”

Source : Lizz Winstead (2012). “Lizz Free or Die: Essays”, p.14, Penguin
“Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.”

Source : "'Copper's' Ato Essandoh: 'I look at Doctor Who'". Interview with Jacqueline Cutler, screenertv.com. June 30, 2013.
“During those rare moments of creativeness, when a person has something in common with the making of the universe, he feels a sense of transcendence. What could be a greater reward?”

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