"If we had better hearing, and could discern the descants of sea birds, the rhythmic tympani of schools of mollusks, or even the distant harmonics of midges hanging over meadows in the sun, the combined sound might lift us off our feet."

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Source : Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”

Lewis Thomas

#School Quotes #Sea Quotes #Feet Quotes

“In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.”

Source : Song: Arrival, Album: The Honesty Room
“Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master.”
“Meditation makes the man Divine and brings the Divine to the world of man.”
“When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.”

Source : Mary Baker Eddy (1969). “Christian Science Sentinel”
“I'm a kid for a living: I get to play the piano for a living.”
“There are cameras nowadays that have been developed to tell the difference between a squirrel and a bomb.”
“Sometimes being a dad is like watching a ping-pong match.”

Source : "Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look". Book by Steve Schirripa, www.today.com. 2013.
“... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.”

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