"Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like youâ€™ve seen everything and know better. Or because putting something down feels like pushing yourself up."

-- Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Maturity Quotes #People Quotes #Doe Quotes

“You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it.”
“Steadfast Seas and MountainsThe lofty mountains and the seas, Being mountains, being seas, Both exist and are real. But frail as flowers are the lives of men, Passing phantoms of this world.”
“One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk.”
“We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator, an unhappy, Godless self to a happy, God-filled self Only God can save us from this disease. That is what the name "Jesus" means: 'God saves'.”

Source : Peter Kreeft (2000). “Prayer for Beginners”, p.36, Ignatius Press
“The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky.”

Source : Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole Collection: Legend of the Guardians”, p.323, Scholastic Inc.
“Once I got started, I wanted the life of a writer so fiercely that nothing could stop me. I wanted the intensity, the sense of aliveness that came from writing fiction. I'm still that way. My life is worth living when I've completed a good paragraph.”
“Prayer, as a means of drawing ever new strength from Christ, is concretely and urgently needed,”
“Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.”

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