"Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents opportunities, and uplifts him whom she would inform. The apple that she drops at the feet of Newton is but a coy invitation to follow her to the stars."

-- Edwin Percy Whipple

#Uplifting Quotes #Nature Quotes #Stars Quotes

“An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.”
“The amount of gender violence that I experience is absolutely extraordinary. And a significant part of my day today will be spent filing police reports at home about gender violence that's directed at me in social media.”

Source : ashley judd @AshleyJudd, twitter.com. March 17, 2015.
“My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.”
“See things from the boy's point of view.”
“In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite”
“I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.”
“Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.”
“Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.”

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