"Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Imagination Quotes #Virtue Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent? Thousands of people who say they â€˜loveâ€™ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat.”
“You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”
“But O, sick children of the world, Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good.”
“Faith is the profound knowing that comes before reality confirms it.”
“Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.”

Source : Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1949). “Selected Writings in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.515, Univ of California Press
“She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star.”
“in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good manners and consideration, for the putting forth of effort. Two courteous and civilized human beings out of the loneliness of their souls owe that to each other.”
“When you're running a company, creating jobs is the last thing you want to. When you're running a company you want to employ as few people as possible, and yet you inadvertently create jobs.”

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