"It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a farmer who is conducting his team."

-- Isaac D'Israeli

#Stars Quotes #Team Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“The older people carry the music in their body, in their mind. If they die, then that sound may be gone forever.”
“We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone.”
“Every man obeys Christ as he prizes Christ, not otherwise.”
“Life is the best teacher.”
“The midwife of history is violence.”
“You can't do it all yourself. Don't be afraid to rely on others to help you accomplish your goals.”
“It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter,”
“We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and who have seen the face of the Gorgon, did not return, or returned wordless.”

Source : "The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991". Book by Eric J. Hobsbawm, 1994.

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