"Some say it is best not to go near the center of time. Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree. They would rather have an eternity of contentment, even if that eternity were fixed and frozen, like a butterfly mounted in a case."

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Source : Alan Lightman (2011). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.47, Vintage

Alan Lightman

#Live Life Quotes #Butterfly Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“Make your life about something bigger than your life.”
“I knew, as sure as I knew my name, that tomorrow he would send me another coat, in a big fancy box, with a big bow on it. It would be the right size, it would be a top brand, and it would be warm. ............... It was cranberry red, with a removable liner, a detachable hood, and tortoiseshell buttons.”
“Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want to be a good friend but do not wisely seek good friends are bound to be taken advantage of, abused, neglected, and suffer from their foolish friend choices.”
“Many of us who aren't farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined: a secret longing for some connection to a life where a rooster crows in the yard.”
“I always thought records were there to be broken.”

Source : "Michael Schumacher 'pretty happy' if Sebastian Vettel breaks records" by Andrew Benson, www.bbc.com. September 4, 2013.
“There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.”

Source : "Who, me? Why everyone is talking about Rebecca Hall" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2010.
“Like the moon on the water, in a way. When you confront a Zen master, what you're really seeing are not his limitations but yours.”
“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”

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