"What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to constructive and peaceful purposes ..."

-- Ralph Barton Perry

#Moving Quotes #Heart Quotes #Science Quotes

“Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.”
“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.”
“I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.”
“Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.”
“I'm not sure which I dislike more: 'Ulysses' or the James Joyce estate. Admittedly, a few people have got some pleasure from 'Ulysses', but against that, you have to weigh the millions of lives that have been ruined by the futile attempts to read it.”
“Rhett: Don't start flirting with me. I'm not one of your plantation beaus. I want more than flirting from you. Scarlett: What do you want? Rhett: I'll tell you, Scarlett O'Hara, if you'll take that Southern-belle simper off your face. Someday, I want you to say to me the words I heard you say to Ashley Wilkes: I love you! Scarlett: That's something you'll never hear from me Captain Butler as long as you live.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.
“They're still building and testing / But what can we do / Condemning the seas and the land and the trees to a tomb”
“If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.”

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