"Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise, so also we would not require the medical art for relief if we were immune to disease, as was the case, by God's gift, at the time of Creation before the Fall."

-- Saint Basil

#Art Quotes #Fall Quotes #Toil Quotes

“My wife and I are always concerned about how long it's going to take to eat out. You just don't know.”
“riley: give me a romantic comedy any day. rhoan: your jest a girly-girl at heart, arent you? riley: takes one to know one, bro.”
“I understand I have no place here. I understand I am lost in the god's eye. I understand I must find my purpose or I will go mad in this green, godless place.”
“I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings. I think that's a part of growing up.”
“This is servitude, To serve the unwise.”
“I just change with the times. I really don't have a say in what's going on. Music was here before me.”
“What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.”
“Vincit qui patitur: he conquers, who endures.”

Source : Percy Wells Cerutty (1964). “Middle-distance running”

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