"We are so afraid of the idea of having to dieâ€¦ that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turnâ€¦"

-- Jose Saramago

#Ideas Quotes #Trying Quotes #Asking Quotes

“The body is a universe in itself and must be held as sacred as anything in creation....It is dangerous to forget the body as sacramental.”
“No particular man is necessary to the state. We may depend on it that, if we provide the country with popular institutions, those institutions will provide it with great men.”
“The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.”
“Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.”
“The quest of the truth had been born in me - the most tragic and incomplete, as well as the most essential, of man's quests.”

Source : Ida M. Tarbell (2015). “All in the Day's Work: An Autobiography”, p.24, Ravenio Books
“Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.”

Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
“Ballet found me. I was discovered by a teacher in middle school. I always danced, my whole life. I never had any training, never was exposed to seeing dance, but I always had something inside of me.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.”

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