"I perceived that I was on a little round grain of rock and metal, filmed with water and with air, whirling in sunlight and darkness. And on the skin of that little grain all the swarms of men, generation by generation, had lived in labour and blindness, with intermittent joy and intermittent lucidity of spirit. And all their history, with its folk-wanderings, its empires, its philosophies, its proud sciences, its social revolutions, its increasing hunger for community, was but a flicker in one day of the lives of the stars."

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Source : Olaf Stapledon (1975). “To the End of Time”, Macmillan Reference USA

Olaf Stapledon

#Stars Quotes #Philosophy Quotes #Men Quotes

“I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.”
“Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation. To do a ritual, you must be willing to be transformed in some way. The inner willingness is what makes the ritual come alive and have power. If you aren't willing to be changed by the ritual, don't do it.”

Source : "Infinity in Your Hand : A Guide for the Spiritually Curious". Book by William H. Houff, p. 151, 1994.
“Nature never writes a blind hand.”
“That's stupid. You couldn't pay me to go. I'm not oversimplifying it. That's what's going on. I don't think it would be any fun without the drugs. It's a drug party.”
“Im a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think The Waterhole is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.”
“Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. Its important for a woman to be able to control her finances.”
“Day's work is still to do, Whatever the day's doom.”
“I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.”

Source : "Downton Abbey (Christmas at Downton Abbey)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2010 - 2015.

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