"I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men."

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Source : Michael Faraday (2016). “The Chemical History of a Candle”, p.89, Library of Alexandria

Michael Faraday

#Science Quotes #Men Quotes #Light Quotes

“Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.”
“There is no fair use to take something that doesn't belong to you. That's not fair use.”

Source : Interview with Peter Rojas, www.engadget.com. August 30, 2004.
“I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.”
“The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues,”
“Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature, art and religion.”
“If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side up , he will roll over to prove that he is dead. [Footnote:] While he is playing dead, you can go straight up to him and step on his head or smash him with a big club.”
“"I was just like a pathological liar when I was a kid. I think I just wanted to one-up somebody. Somebody would be like, 'Oh, God, my legs hurt.' I'd be like, 'Your legs hurt? I'm getting mine amputated next week.' And that's actually how my mother found out. She came to school and somebody was like, 'God, that's such a shame about Jennifer's legs.' She made me purge. I had to spill out all of my lies. I was like, 'I said that Dad drove a barge, and we were millionaires, and you were pregnant, I had to get my legs amputated, and I spayed cats and dogs on the weekends.' Now I can't lie.”
“Your love is a fierce thing, Elena, a thing with claws and teeth when it comes to protecting those you claim.”

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