"Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Friendship Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Behinds Quotes

“The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.”

Source : What I Saw at the Revolution ch. 14 (1990)
“Religion was their meat and their excitement, their mental food and their emotional pleasure.”
“I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.”
“No nation can advance unless the old ideals of exploration and adventure are lived. There must be lives lost in flying, as in every other step of progress, and as many lives have been lost in the past, but there is no need to run foolish risks. The search for adventure need not entail foolhardiness. Fear is a tonic and danger should be something of a stimulant”
“This world is a great sculptorâ€™s shop. We are the statues and thereâ€™s a rumor going around the shop that some of us are someday going to come to life.”
“It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will be.”

Source : Selma Lagerlöf (2016). “Christ Legends and the Miracles of Antichrist”, p.477, Library of Alexandria
“We must also promote global access to the Internet. We need to bridge the digital divide not just within our country, but among countries. Only by giving people around the world access to this technology can they tap into the potential of the Information Age.”
“Wall Street. - The abode of the Brokers and the Broke.”

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