"Great towns are but a large sort of prison to the soul; like cages to birds, or pounds to beasts."

-- Pierre Charron

#Cities Quotes #Bird Quotes #Soul Quotes

“I kept saying that I want to be a singer, singer, singer. Someone told me, "Noooo, you move as an actress!" I believe that happens to a lot of people. People have a multiplicity of gifts, but I think people in your life are telling you which one you should focus on. I just got done talking with my group of water walkers about this. If you focus on one of your gifts, that one gift will be the catalyst to open up opportunities for the other gift.”
“Women never really care to face the truth when their hearts are involved.”
“Remember, in our inmost being, we are all completely lovable because spirit is love. Beyond what anyone can make you think or feel about yourself, your unconditioned spirit stands, shining with a love nothing can tarnish.”
“A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence.”

Source : Bruce Catton (1984). “Bruce Catton's Civil War: three volumes in one”, Outlet
“Life forms a surface that acts as if it could not be otherwise, but under its skin things are pounding and pulsing.”

Source : Robert Musil (2015). “The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic”, p.245, Pan Macmillan
“Acting in general you just feel kind of stupid doing it anyway, but when you're pretending to be rolling around and dodging a foot or riding an ant, you're having to really do it seriously and there's nothing there. You've got to put faith in the process.”

Source : "ANT-MAN Set Visit: Paul Rudd Talks Suiting Up, Rewrites, and More". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. June 22, 2015.
“The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science.”
“Monotheism is but imperialism in religion.”

Source : James Henry Breasted (2010). “Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt”, p.315, Cosimo, Inc.

You may also like:

David Hume
Philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philologist
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
Michel de Montaigne
Writer
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author
Nicolas Malebranche
Philosopher
Pierre Bayle
Philosopher
Rene Descartes
Philosopher
Sextus Empiricus
Physician