"Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations."

-- Aldous Huxley

#Philosophy Quotes #History Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind.”
“If it werenâ€™t for my horse, I wouldnâ€™t have spent that year in college.”
“I decided to write [Collateral Beauty] on my own which made it the first spec script I wrote in 11 years.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“Dylan Thomas, asked what he thought of Welsh Nationalism, replied in three words, two of which were 'Welsh Nationalism.'”
“The sense that thousands and millions of children and young people are being sexually violated and that thereâ€™s this huge silence about it around me angers me.”

Source : "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" with Fred de Sam Lazaro, www.pbs.org. January 5, 2007.
“Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire.”
“Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.”
“No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics; it grows less and less so.”

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