"Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years."

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Source : Archilochos, “To His Soul”

Archilochus

#Past Quotes #Order Quotes #Years Quotes

“I believe in good and evil," said Jem. "And I believe the soul is eternal. But I don't believe in the fiery pit, the pitchforks, or endless torment. I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness." Tessa looked at will. "What about you? What do you believe? "Pulvis et umbra sumus," said Will, not looking at her as he spoke. "I believe we are dust and shadows. What else is there?”
“Surely going to bed with a man before marriage was the most courageous act of my life.”
“I have nothing against the smell of rot but something against what hides the smell of rot in the United States of America.”

Source : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
“Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And thinking about phasing it into a class-based entitlement program may at long last bring Americans around to a consideration of the growing inequality that threatens the harmony of our democracy far more than the alarmist cry of 'racial division.'”
“I think anytime you can share images that make young women feel a sense of belonging when they might not be feeling their best or their strongest is so cool.”
“The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.”
“It is quite possible even that the planet would no longer be able to sustain human life. Probably, the planet eventually would regenerate and produce some other life form. Consciousness would flow into some other life form and express itself through that, whatever that would be.”
“Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.”

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