"Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy."

-- Peter De Vries

#Soul Quotes #Tweed Quotes #Coats Quotes

“God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.”
“If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not people who have things thrust in their lap and need somebody to solve their problems for them.”
“Early in life, I was visited by the bluebird of anxiety”
“Nature abhors the vacuum tube.”
“Naturally, you don't sit down in "white hot inspiration" and write with a burning flame in front of you. But since I knew I could never be happy being anything but a writer, and Mockingbird put itself together for me so accommodatingly, I kept at it because I knew it had to be my first novel, for better or for worse.”
“Can any reasonable man be well disposed toward a government which makes war and carnage the only means of supporting itself?”
“I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.”

Source : Michael Faraday, F. James (1999). “The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume 4: 1849-1855”, p.281, IET
“All men would be tyrants if they could.”

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