"They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment and growth of the arts; not their dimination or destruction."

-- Galileo Galilei

#Art Quotes #Growth Quotes #Forget Quotes

“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”
“They spend their time looking forward to the past.”
“Life should be touched, not strangled.”
“Knee-deep in the cosmic overwhelm, Iâ€™m stricken by the ricochet wonder of it all: the plain everythingness of everything, in cahoots with the everythingness of everything else.”
“I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.”
“The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.”
“Moreover, it is difficult to reconcile Hobbesâ€™s distrust for the individual with his confidence in the altruistic nature of the individual or individuals who will oversee and control the Leviathan. Are not the latter also of flesh and blood? Hobbes seems to be saying that manâ€™s nature cannot be trusted but the nature of a ruler or a ruling assembly of men can be trusted. How so?”
“It was a sudden inspiration. But inspiration never came without a reason.”

Source : Jo Nesbo (2010). “The Snowman: Harry Hole 7”, p.203, Random House

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