"Coastal sailing as long as it is perfectly safe and easy commands no magic. Overseas expeditions are invariably bound up with ceremonies and ritual. Man resorts to magic only where chance and circumstances are not fully controlled by knowledge."

-- Bronislaw Malinowski

#Knowledge Quotes #Men Quotes #Long Quotes

“The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.”

Source : Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“A high quality life starts with a high quality you!”
“I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.”

Source : Michael A. Nutter (2017). “Mayor: The Best Job in Politics”, p.86, University of Pennsylvania Press
“Everyone should find something they love doing. Then work isn't work. It's a part of themselves. Of who they are.”
“Interestingly, God's remedy for Elijah's depression was not a refresher course in theology but food and sleep... Before God spoke to him at all, Elijah was fed twice and given a good chance to sleep. Only then, and very gently, did God confront him with his error. This is always God's way. Having made us as human beings, He respects our humanness and treats us with integrity. That is, He treats us true to the truth of who we are. It is human beings and not God who have made spirituality impractical.”
“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 31, 2009
“A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back.”
“To keep a vow, means not to keep from breaking it, but rather to devote the rest of one's life to discovering what the vow means, and to be willing to change and to grow accordingly.”

Source : Mike Mason (1985). “Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle”, Multnomah

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