"Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Reflection Quotes #Fire Quotes #History Quotes

“Anger was a waste of time and energy. Anger was useless."Anger" was the label given to the emotion that accomplished nothing.”
“SchrÃ¶dinger's cat has a 50% quantum chance of coming out of the box alive and a 50% quantum chance of coming out dead. If you got in the box with it, the same would apply to you. So you really don't want to do that.”
“There are no souls in the world that are so fearful to judge others as those that do most judge themselves, nor so careful to make a righteous judgment of men or things as those that are most careful to judge themselves.”
“If you can't eliminate injustice, at least tell everyone about it.”

Source : Shirin Ebadi (2011). “The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny”, p.252, Kales Press
“White for light. White for love. White for forever.”

Source : Melissa de la Cruz (2010). “Masquerade: Number 2 in series”, p.152, Hachette UK
“Regarding love what can you say? It's not the quantity of your sexual relations that counts. It's the quality. On the other hand if the quantity drops below once every eight months, I would definitely look into it.”
“Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.”
“Isn't there a curious elegance in how one moment passes into another?”

Source : Stephen Dunn (1999). “Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs”, p.44, W. W. Norton & Company

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