"Base metals can be transmuted into gold by stars, and by intelligent beings who understand the processes that power stars, but by nothing else in the universe."

-- David Deutsch

#Stars Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Gold Quotes

“All human states are organic brain states - happiness, sadness, fear, lust, dreaming, doing math problems and writing novels - and our brains are not static.”
“If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm heart to the world.”
“I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently.”
“There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.”
“Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.”

Source : C. Wright Mills (2002). “White Collar: The American Middle Classes”, p.36, Oxford University Press
“There are moments when you love babies, and you're like, "God, they are the reason why we exist." Then they start crying, and you're like "God! Jesus!"”

Source : "Zac Efron and Seth Rogen Talk About Their Characters’ Relationships, the Freedom When Making an R-Rated Movie and More on the Set of NEIGHBORS". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. January 30, 2014.
“I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.”
“The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress”

Source : "BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health".

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