"Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth."

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Source : Isaac Barrow (1859). “The theological works of Isaac Barrow, ed. by A. Napier”, p.345

Isaac Barrow

#Smile Quotes #Serenity Quotes #Fading Quotes

“The more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible do miracles become, - that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, - that the Gospels cannot be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, - that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eye-witnesses; - by such reflections as these... I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.”
“Love is like the lion’s tooth.”

Source : Emily St. John Mandel (2014). “Station Eleven: A novel”, p.160, Vintage
“It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.”
“When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas. It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.”
“When thereâ€™s an ache, you want to be like aspirin, not vitamins. Aspirin solves a very particular problem someone has, whereas vitamins are a general â€˜nice to haveâ€™ market.”
“It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country.”
“The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.”
“He soon recognized the fact that the stimulus proceeded from the idea to be in the power of a woman rather than from the act of violence itself.”

Source : Richard Von Krafft-Ebing (2013). “Psychopathia Sexualis: A Medico-Forensic Study”, p.156, Butterworth-Heinemann

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