"I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best."

--

George Eliot

#Perseverance Quotes #Fear Quotes #Failure Quotes

“Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from Childhood.”

Source : "Somebody to love?". Book by Grace Slick, 1998.
“In 2008, I was one of the young feminist whippersnappers who voted for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries - or as many of my older counterparts called me at the time, a traitor.”
“Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor,”

Source : Derek Walcott (1969). “In a green night: poems, 1948-1960”, Jonathan Cape
“It is much better to know something about everything than to know everything about one thing.”
“It occurred to me that there wouldn't be world hunger, if you people would MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!”
“The world doesn't need any more sadness than it's already got.”
“I'm quite a broad girl, not at all delicate. I watch what I eat to stay in shape, but I'm against diets. I eat when I'm hungry, three meals a day.”
“Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know”

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