"The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections."

-- Joseph Joubert

#Reflection Quotes #Light Quotes #Wings Quotes

“The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.”
“Indians, of course, have no "theology," and indeed no word for the system of credulity in which the white priests arrange for God, who must be entirely bewildered by it, a series of excuses for his failures.”
“I wanted to just get a job so I could have enough money for my own apartment and be able to get drunk. And I did. Back then, on $125, you could do that in Manhattan. I was 19 years old the first time I got published and paid. I think it was a hundred bucks. I stared at my name on the check for 20 minutes.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“The ability to see our lives as stories rather than unrelated, random events increases the possibility for significant and purposeful action.”
“When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."”
“I don't know how to say it exactly. Only...I want to die as myself. Does that make any sense?' he asks. I shake my head. How could he die as anyone but himself. 'I don't want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I'm not.”
“Even the Lord had skeptical members of His party.”

Source : "The Last Good Campaign" by Thurston Clarke, www.vanityfair.com. June 2008.
“If [a woman] insisted on becoming an architect, I would try to dissuade her.Â If then, she was still determined, I would give her my blessing â€“ she could be that exceptional one.”

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