"Poverty is the lack of light."

-- Lucero Isaac

#Light Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.”

Source : Arnold Haultain (2015). “Hints for Lovers: "The Secret Nature and Psychology of Love"”, p.37, eKitap Projesi
“There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one demanded much of life were left behind, together with the bitterness of not getting what one wanted. One's values, too, were altered. Gifts that once one took for granted, sunshine and birdsong, freedom from pain, sleep and one's daily bread, seemed now so extraordinarily precious.”
“Asleep in lap of legends old.”
“I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.”
“The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective behavior. But to realize this promise, the social sciences, like the natural sciences, need to match their institutional structures to today's intellectual challenges.”

Source : "Let’s Shake Up the Social Sciences". www.nytimes.com. July 19, 2013.
“A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction.”
“At age fourteen I was asking questions. When the answers failed to satisfy me, I searched elsewhere for different answers and found wisdom in atheism. And I am far from alone in that experience.”

Source : Hemant Mehta (2009). “I Sold My Soul on eBay: Viewing Faith through an Atheist's Eyes”, p.40, WaterBrook
“We admire predators - panthers, lions, tigers, even wolves. Maybe to be naturally thoughtful and hesitant to use violence is to be somehow second rate. To be in the middle of the social food chain. Especially if you're a man. This society thinks real men are violent.”

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