"I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a scientist who lives without God in the world seems to me worse off than ordinary men."

-- Louis Agassiz

#God Quotes #Men Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“A few people have privately voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores. The past is prologue.”

Source : Muhammadu Buhari’s Inaugural speech, www.vanguardngr.com. May 29, 2015.
“We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.”

Source : "Joining Race, Specter Attacks the Right" by Richard L. Berke, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 1995.
“A blonde girl wearing a man's shirt but in all other visible respects unmanly to the point of outright effeminacy.”
“Remember that "Help us grow this grass" is a far more effective sign than "Keep off the grass".”
“Each person is a story that the Soul of the World wants to tell to itself.”
“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”
“In the end we can never be given knowledge by others; we can only be stimulated. We must develop our own knowledge.”

Source : Charles T. Tart, Institute of Noetic Sciences (1987). “Waking up: overcoming the obstacles to human potential”, Random House Inc
“The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.”

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