"The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation."

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Source : Tahir Shah (2013). “House of the Tiger King Paperback”, p.226, Lulu.com

Tahir Shah

#Mind Quotes #Body Quotes #Forests Quotes

“The stars incline, but do not impel.”
“Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.”
“We must leave these beginnings, beings, believings- man, what are you growing?”

Source : Harry Hooton (1961). “It is Great to be Alive”
“...racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at.”
“Writing is 90% procrastination. It is a matter of doing everything you can to avoid writing, until it is about four in the morning and you reach the point where you have to write.”
“It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.”

Source : Lactantius (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Lactantius (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag
“We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.”
“Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.”

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