"The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light."

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Source : "Elizabeth Costello". Book by J. M. Coetzee, 2003.

J. M. Coetzee

#Light Quotes #Skins Quotes #Devil Quotes

“And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian legends as the canons of modern culture. Our scientific men are paying for their failure to speak out earlier. There is no use now talking evolution to these people. Their ears are stuffed with Genesis.”
“Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose.”
“Everything is governed by one law. A human being is a microcosmos, i.e. the laws prevailing in the cosmos also operate in the minutest space of the human being.”

Source : Viktor Schauberger, Callum Coats (1999). “Nature as Teacher – New Principles in the Working of Nature: Volume 2 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger’s Eco-Technology Series”, p.17, Gill & Macmillan Ltd
“When enlightened people are so poor that they cannot help others, if they speak a word to awaken the confused or to resolve a problem, there is also boundless merit in that.”
“What I've learned about my self over the years is that I'm pretty restless. If I multitask it's probably because I have difficulty just focusing on one thing.”
“I snack on fruit and nuts. In the middle of my long workouts, I'll have a protein shake.”
“Nothing in life gets dropped without someone else having to pick it up.”

Source : Amy Waldman (2011). “The Submission: A Novel”, p.262, Macmillan
“Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for people to realize that purchasing is always a moral - and not simply economic - act.”

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