"Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty."

-- Xiaolu Guo

#Life Quotes #Important Quotes #Uncertainty Quotes

“Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.”
“Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.”
“The categories within which the colonists thought about the social foundations of politics were inheritances from classical antiquity, reshaped by seventeenth century English thought.”

Source : Bernard Bailyn (2017). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition”, p.273, Harvard University Press
“One would fancy that the zealots in atheism would be exempt from the single fault which seems to grow out of the imprudent fervor of religion. But so it is, that irreligion is propagated with as much fierceness and contention, wrath and indignation, as if the safety of mankind depended upon it.”
“Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.”
“But let me ask you this though, first and foremost: who's your favorite Spice Girl? Mine is Sporty Spice and I'll tell you why. You know what? She might not be as aesthetically pleasant as the rest but she'll do a backflip and steal your heart.”
“Passively accepting your sadness is the same as forgetting to build your own happiness. Happiness is more than a mood. It's a long-lasting state that is more accurately called well-being.”
“When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset.”

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