"Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for"

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Source : David Starr Jordan (1896). “The Care and Culture of Men: A Series of Addresses on the Higher Education”

David Starr Jordan

#Long Quotes #Charity Quotes #Long Life Quotes

“Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.”
“My New Year's Eve is always 2 July, the night before my birthday. That's the night I make my resolutions. And this year scares the life out of me, because no matter how successful, how good things appear, there is always a deep core of failure within me, although I am trying to deal with it. My biggest fear, this coming year, is that I will be waking up alone. It makes me wonder how many bodies will be fished out of the Thames, how many decaying corpses will be found in one-room flats. I'm just being realistic.”
“I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was in Lima, Peru, and had to fly back eight hours not knowing what happened in my own country, knowing thousands of my fellow citizens had died.”
“Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.”

Source : Plotinus (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Plotinus - Complete Enneads (Illustrated)”, p.31, Delphi Classics
“Our mind is dark in some way, and so we use rhetoric as a kind of prop or foil.”
“Children know perfectly well that unicorns arenâ€™t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.”
“Common aim is stronger than blood.”
“College was really good for me. It's where I did my growing up, learning how to live on my own and to be myself. That really helped. I've eased my way into everything since then, so it doesn't feel too crazy. It's just about being the same person, whether good things come my way or bad things come my way, and to enjoy the opportunities I have.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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