"The best and most important part of every man's education is that which he gives himself."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Education Quotes #Men Quotes #Giving Quotes

“my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah”
“I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.”

Source : Herodotus (2008). “The Histories”, p.6, OUP Oxford
“What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2008). “The Truth About Forever”, p.125, Penguin UK
“The words given voice inside the mind are not always clear, however; they can be gentle and elliptical, what the prophets call the bat qol, the daughter of the voice of God, she who speaks in whispers and half-seen images.”
“Choose to see death as simply removing a garment or moving from one room to another... it's merely a transition.”
“Too much quiet left me depressed and consuming condiments for meals.”
“The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.”
“Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.”

Source : "Scouting for the Reaper". Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2009.

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