"First feelings are always the most natural."

-- Louis XIV

#War Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“As a religious problem, the problem of suffering is, paradoxically, not how to avoid suffering but how to suffer, how to make of physical pain, personal loss, worldly defeat, or the helpless contemplation of others' agony something bearable, supportable- something as we say, sufferable.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (2017). “The Interpretation of Cultures”, p.111, Hachette UK
“There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.”
“If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, 'Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the team.'”
“Nothing is plainer than that, if the principles of the church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would fall. The two cannot exist together. They are in open and direct antagonism with the fundamental theory of our government and of all popular government everywhere.”
“This morning the electricity came on for a few minutes, and when it did, Jonny said, "Hey, it's a black-on." This is what passes for humor around here.”
“Live dead. Alive to Christ, dead to self.”
“Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.”
“It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.”

Source : Roger Penrose (2016). “The Road To Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe”, p.20, Random House

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