"Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing."

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Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1944). “Green Dolphin Street”

Elizabeth Goudge

#Sound Quotes #Hearing Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.”

Source : Eknath Easwaran “How to Meditate: first chapter "Meditation on a Passage" from "Passage Meditation – A Complete Spiritual Practice"”, Nilgiri Press
“If genetic memory or racial memory persists, is it possible that individual memory also exists from previous lives?”
“It is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.' 'Why not?' 'It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide.”
“How a person masters his or her fate is more important than what that fate is.”
“I'm constantly changing and evolving so I don't abide by just one certain style. I like to look at my personal style as an extension of my mood.”
“Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: Â the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous.”

Source : Frank Norris, Donald Pizer (1986). “Novels and Essays”, p.1112, Library of America
“The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind.”
“I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5'10" and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback.”

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