"When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods."

-- Leon Battista Alberti

#Life Quotes #God Quotes #Science Quotes

“All the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams, this is for you”

Source : "Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Documentary Wins Oscar". tribune.com.pk. February 27, 2012.
“A bunch of six nicer people, I couldnâ€™t be more fortunate to call my family â€” from Lee Pace, who is so dear. When I first saw him, I said heâ€™s like a Gary Cooper. Heâ€™s bashful, heâ€™s shy, heâ€™s sensitive, heâ€™s a great actor, heâ€™s beautiful, heâ€™s delicious.”
“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”

Source : Walter Bagehot (1858). “Estimates of Some Englishmen and Scotchmen”, p.272
“Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Thousandfold Thought: The Prince of Nothing, Book Three (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.289, The Overlook Press
“I wasn't one of the cool kids by any stretch. I just bumbled along really.”
“I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and she said 'Half an hour?', I said 'Forty-five minutes?'”
“There may be a sense in the electorate, especially among independents that President Obama has overreached in some ways.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes.”

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