"The deepest insult which can be shown to a human being is to associate it solely with material functions, with no cognizance and no consideration of its intellectual and spiritual power."

-- Mary C. Ames

#Spiritual Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Insult Quotes

“Few people become assholes reluctantly.”

Source : Geoffrey Nunberg (2013). “Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years”, p.163, PublicAffairs
“I guess the worst snow was the Kennedy inauguration in 1960. Heavy snow.”
“If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.”
“The real problem is that we use too much oil. It's that simple and that difficult. If we truly want to reduce our vulnerability to high prices, the best way to do so is to reduce consumption.”
“It is only perfection in the foundations that can lead to mastery of the whole...'Talent is Work'”
“I can almost understand why people leap from bridges.”
“The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.”
“I've always used songwriting as a way to help me organise reality.”

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