"There are at bottom but two possible religions--that which rises in the moral nature of man, and which takes shape in moral commandments, and that which grows out of the observation of the material energies which operate in the external universe."

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Source : James Anthony Froude (1872). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.24

James Anthony Froude

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“Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds of human behaviour.”
“Imagination is the highest form of research.”
“The grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead.”
“Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.”

Source : Steve Lopez (2010). “The Soloist”, p.66, Random House
“The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as a house is built-story after story; and no edifice has any chance of standing unless it has a broad foundation and a solid frame.”
“I got to keep moving, I've got to keep living and I've got to keep working.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.”
“I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.”

Source : Sigrid Undset (2011). “The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter”, p.214, Vintage

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