"It is not death that kills us, but life. We are done to death by life."

-- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

#Life And Death Quotes #Done Quotes

“God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.”

Source : "The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics As The Language Of Nature". Book by Heinz Pagels, p. 295, 1982.
“If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.”
“One of the marks of true genius is a quality of abundance. A rich, rollicking abundance, enough to give indigestion to ordinary people. Great artists turn it out in rolls, in swatches. They cover whole ceilings with paintings, they chip out a mountainside in stone, they write not one novel but a shelf full. It follows that some of their work is better than other. As much as a third of it may be pretty bad. Shall we say this unevenness is the mark of their humanity - of their proud mortality as well as of their immortality?”

Source : Catherine Drinker Bowen (1961). “The Nature of the Artist: An Address Delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies for Lee Pattison Recital Hall, Wilbur Hall, Mary Kimberly Residence Hall”
“Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.”
“What is wrong with you â€ he whispered â€œthat you care so much about me â€ Blayâ€™s sad smile added about a million years to his age lining his face with the kind of knowledge that came only after life kicked you in the nuts a number of times. â€œWhat is wrong with you that you canâ€™t see why I would”
“I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time.”
“Beyond its entertainment values, 'Baywatch' has enriched and in many cases helped save lives.”
“What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we've been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.”

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