"It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened."

-- Georges Simenon

#Moon Quotes #Night Quotes #Lakes Quotes

“In time the savage bull sustains the yoke; In time all haggard hawks will stoop to lure; In time small wedges cleave the hardest oak, In time the flint is pierced with softest shower, And she in time will fall from her disdain, And rue the sufferance of your friendly pain.”

Source : c.1589 The Spanish Tragedy, act 2, sc.1.
“Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.”
“The leader demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.”

Source : John Edmund Haggai (1986). “Lead on!: leadership that endures in a changing world”, W Publishing Group
“Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example, were regarded by earlier Christians as sin. Today we may look on these as weaknesses of the will but certainly not sin. We even joke about our overeating and other indulgences instead of crying out to God in confession and repentance.”
“It is the special privilege of the fine artist to reveal immediate data with a clarity, intensity and purity that promotes them to a special degree of reality.”
“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.”
“General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?”
“I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive.”

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