"Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked."

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Source : Michael Gruber (2009). “The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel”, p.54, Harper Collins

Michael Gruber

#Teacher Quotes #People Quotes #Owing Quotes

“This may not be the path for everyone. But the trust of which we speak is not an act of heroism. it is an act of surrender that makes the decision easier. It sounds unbelieveable, but I know it to be true. Leave the decision to God and you relieve yourself of the anxiety that comes from thinking that the choice is yours - the sneaking suspicion that you might have done better had you been a little more careful, a little luckier.”
“There is a ripple effect to the gospel thatâ€™s inevitable. Thereâ€™s a ripple effect to true grace. It doesnâ€™t lead us to only sit and contemplate what hap- pened to us. It leads us to proclaim whatâ€™s happened to usâ€”and what can happen to anybody and everybody on the planet.”
“Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it. No matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right. But, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.”
“....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.”

Source : James Burgh (1774). “Political Disquisitions: Or, An Enquiry Into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses”, p.476
“Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.”
“The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May.”
“As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question frustrated by biology: What is the minimal unit of matter that can undergo Darwinian evolution?”
“Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.”

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