"The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots."

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Source : "Speaking Of Canada" by Vincent Massey. Address at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, March 7, 1953, 1959.

Vincent Massey

#Roots Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Littles Quotes

“People like Jesus Christ, the Buddha, and other walking masters who have moved through the earth have demonstrated that understanding that they have no needs, far from prohibiting them from experiencing the needs of others, allowed them to experience that others lived inside of the illusion of need and to have great compassion for them.”
“He says he had to go help someone in a desperate situation. Who, exactly, he refuses to say. He doesnâ€™t know when heâ€™s going to be back, but suggests we put off the wedding for a few days. The rotter! How dare he just zoom off and not tell me where heâ€™s going, or who heâ€™s going to help, or what exactly heâ€™s up to!â€ Yeah, how dare he go out and be all heroic and stuff when you want him here slobbering over your big boobs.”

Source : Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.101, Penguin
“[Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives.”
“Do not be afraid to go into uncharted territories. You might find some pretty good things there.”
“Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.”
“If no one consumes these products, people will stop producing them. They will not build it if you don't come.”
“President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.”
“If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.”

Source : Matthew Simpson (1885). “Sermons”

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