"Indeed our words will remain lifeless, barren, devoid of any passion, until we die as a result of these words, whereupon our words will suddenly spring to life and live amongst the hearts that are dead, bringing them to life as well."

-- Sayyid Qutb

#Spring Quotes #Heart Quotes #Passion Quotes

“Jonathan Wells has done us all - the scientific community, educators, and the wider public - a great service. In Icons of Evolution he has brilliantly exposed the exaggerated claims and deceptions that have persisted in standard textbook discussions of biological origins for many decades, in spite of contrary evidence. these claims have been so often repeated that they seem unassailable - that is, until one reads Wells's book.”
“No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.”

Source : Ted Williams, John Underwood (1969). “My turn at Bat: the story of my life”, Simon & Schuster
“A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double. And that is life. A crust and a corner that makes love precious, With a smile to warm and tears to refresh us, And joy seems sweeter when cares come after, And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter. And that is life.”

Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar, Joanne M. Braxton (1993). “The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar”, p.8, University of Virginia Press
“Thank God we can't tell the future. We'd never get out of bed.”

Source : Tracy Letts (2010). “August”, p.70, ReadHowYouWant.com
“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life-happiness, freedom and peace of mind-are always attained by giving them to someone else.”
“Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis.”
“It's like trying to pin down a kangaroo on a trampoline.”

Source : "A shocking sight at the theatre" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2006.
“Tolle numerum omnibus rebus et omnia pereunt.Take from all things their number and all shall perish.”

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