"Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment"

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Disappointment Quotes #Silence Quotes #Dull Quotes

“I know that Instagram belongs to Facebook, so I cannot really stand on a political pedestal and say, "I'm against Facebook!" But I haven't wanted to be on Facebook from the beginning.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“[Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.”
“Snow. White, white, white, soft and clean, and maddening shapes, with the whole world in them.”
“First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white.”
“You can never evaluate anything standing from outside; you have to evaluate yourself first.”
“Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.”

Source : Quoted in Lady Holland, Memoir (1855)
“Everything has two aspects; the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only rare individuals may see in moments of clairvoyance and metaphysical abstraction.”
“The Church should go forward along the path of progress and be no longer satisfied only to represent the Conservative Party at prayer.”

Source : Speech at Queen's Hall, London, 16 July 1917

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