"If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly."

-- C. S. Lewis

#Silly Quotes #Knees Quotes #Knocking Quotes

“People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world.”

Source : "Helen McCrory: 'Most of the attention I get is from younger men'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2013.
“Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.”
“He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience. On the other hand, he bound the strong one and freed the weak and bestowed salvation on his handiwork by abolishing sin. For he is our compassionate and merciful Lord who loves mankind ... Had not man conquered man's adversary, the enemy would not have been conquered justly. Again, had it not been God who bestowed salvation we would not possess it securely.”
“Ninety-nine percent of all work on self is attitudinal.”
“I just want to love and be loved.”
“Their voices reach out into the empty yard, plunge deep into the hills, go right through the heart.”
“I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.”
“Failure is not an option. Success is just a process.”

Source : Song: Legendary, Album: Ambition, 2011

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