"It has been asserted that we are destined to know the dark beyond the stars before we comprehend the nature of our own journey."

-- Loren Eiseley

#Stars Quotes #Dark Quotes #Journey Quotes

“Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.”

Source : Henry Merritt Wriston (1943). “Challenge to freedom”
“The history of the development of mechanics is quite indispensable to a full comprehension of the science in its present condition. It also affords a simple and instructive example or the processes by which natural science generally is developed.”
“I dyed my hair blonde in that movie, so my head doesn't match my grill.”
“Every person, whether in wartime or not, should keep a pistol and rifle in his house at all times. If a person is not going to protect himself, and wishes the government to do it for him, how can he complain when the government decides to protect itself against him, and executes him?”

Source : "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, Chapter Three: "Natural, Nonlethal, and Lethal Weapons", p. 93, 1971.
“I've never quite understood why people marry; marriage is just an invented structure”
“It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man.”
“I was thinking about Afghanistan's future, Afghanistan's next generation, what we have next. These children who learn how to kill people, how to do jihad, how to behead, how to fire, this would be Afghanistan.”
“It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.”

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