"Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Life Quotes #Genius Quotes #Path Quotes

“I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.”
“A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.”
“Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love.”

Source : Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). “Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait”, Doubleday Books
“Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and you won't do well at first.”
“Our culture is obsessed with youth because we have lost the ancient knowledge that growth never stops. We are not transient, momentary mistakes in the cosmos- evolutionary curiosities that rise like mayflies, swarm for a day, and are gone. We are players who are here to stay, and the universe was built with us in mind. We reflect it, with our deepest loves and loftiest aspirations, just as it reflects us.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2014). “The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife”, p.113, Simon and Schuster
“If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.”
“We modern Christians are long on talk and short on conduct.”
“It is very painful to love someone and believe you cannot be with them.”

Source : Terry Kay (2010). “Shadow Song: Shadow Song”, p.154, Simon and Schuster

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