"For most of us, for almost all of us, truth can be attained, if at all, only in silence. It is in silence that the human spirit touches the divine."

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Source : Iris Murdoch (1977). “Under the Net”, p.69, Penguin

Iris Murdoch

#Silence Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Divine Quotes

“It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.”
“I think people are intimidated by grilling .. maybe it's the flame, maybe it's the big grills, maybe they've had some bad childhood experiences .. but I think that grilling is actually the easiest technique in cooking.”
“I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.”
“I think that Putin views Obama as weak. I think that there is a sense that he could put the troops in Ukraine because he knows Obama will do very little than what he's done at this point.”
“In business news, chocolate maker nestle is buying Jenny Craig. Well, that says it all you need to know about the war on obesity, doesn't it? It's over! Apparently we surrendered!”
“Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.”

Source : 1979 Quoted in the Observer,'Sayings of the Week', 9 Sep.
“If you aren't an activist you're an inactivist.”
“At first, I could lie about my lack of sleep and she'd fall for it, but she started suspecting insomnia when I began seeing purple elephants in the air vents at the office. I knew I shouldn't have asked her about them. I thought maybe she'd redecorated.”

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