"A man of bad character punishes his own soul."

-- Al-Ghazali

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Science is the systematic classification of experience.”

Source : George Henry Lewes (1891). “The Physical Basis of Mind: Being the Second Series of Problems of Life and Mind”
“I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.”
“The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. [So when you are crying remember also to anticipate and look for the rainbow.]”
“What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.”

Source : Jack Vance (2000). “Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)”, p.91, Macmillan
“Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'Ãªtre. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.D.s in science or engineering, and it was taken for granted that the next generation of Chu's were to follow the family tradition. When the dust had settled, my two brothers and four cousins collected three MDs, four Ph.D.s and a law degree. I could manage only a single advanced degree.”
“Fairy tales begin with conflict because we all begin our lives with conflict. We are all misfit for the world, and somehow we must fit in, fit in with other people, and thus we must invent or find the means through communication to satisfy as well as resolve conflicting desires and instincts.”

Source : Jack Zipes (2012). “The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre”, p.2, Princeton University Press
“Processions that lack high stilts have nothing that catches the eye. What if my great-granddad had a pair that were twenty foot high, And mine were but fifteen foot, no modern stalks upon higher, Some rogue of the world stole them to patch up a fence or a fire.”
“I always say that you are who you are and you can't hide it.”

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