"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."

-- Mark Twain

#Inspirational Quotes #Courage Quotes #Integrity Quotes

“Wisdom and folly are equal before the face of Infinity, for Infinity knows them not.”

Source : Leonid Andreyev, Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1918). “Lazarus”
“Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.”
“I have often noticed that the need for cash and the production of a masterpiece just don't coincide with me. Money will hit me at a big off-period and genius will hit me in starvation, that is, I often get the money when I don't think I deserve it and have been lolling around for days and days thinking the most abysmal thoughts.”

Source : Bessie Head, Randolph Vigne (1991). “A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979”, Heinemann
“My message is very simple and universal, not very intellectual, but humane. Just love each other and live.”
“I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn't need to. If the thing is there, why, there it is.”

Source : "Walker Evans at Fortune, 1945-1965".
“He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light is but limited - and the illuminating grace of the Spirit abide in him. The first by means of practice trains the flesh in virtue, the second illuminates the intellect so that it chooses above all else companionship with wisdom; and through wisdom it destroys the strongholds of evil and pulls down 'all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God' (II Cor. 10:5).”
“I'm in the trenches; I do the best work I can always do. Having said that, the way that what I do converges with the outside world is fascinating to me. Because it ebbs and flows. People's interest and understanding, it changes all the time.”
“Hockey is our big sport, and if you fight in hockey you get five minutes for it, that's it. So in Canada, everyone is fighting.”

Source : "Five Minutes With Jeremy Hotz". Interview with Rick Chand, deadspin.com. May 2, 2007.

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