"Ancient and oriental civilizations were more sensitive than we are to the cycles of things; to the succession of generations, both divine and human; and to change within stasis. Western man is virtually alone in wanting to make his God into a fortress and personal immortality into a bulwark against time."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

#Men Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Generations Quotes

“Love is cruel as the grave.”
“To be fully present with what is, is to be content... and to be content is to be blessed by everything that happens in life.”

Source : Michael Neill (2006). “You Can Have What You Want”, p.18, Hay House, Inc
“My message is, you can accomplish anything, not just on the athletic field, if you're willing to work pay the price. It doesn't matter what your age.”
“Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.”
“The main thing is to be yourself and not allow peopleÂ toÂ disturbÂ you to be different, because they want youÂ to be different. You gotta be yourself. Many times youÂ throw a mistake due to your ownÂ personalityÂ orÂ your own character or from interference that you getÂ along the way then you learn, and the main thing isÂ to learn from your mistakes and get better.”
“Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising.”
“We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing, is frequently grandly mistaken, being bound to a thousand things, unknown to himself.”
“Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.”

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