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“Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.”
Source : ROBERT M. HUTCHINS (1952). “THE GREAT CONVERSATION: THE SUBSTANCE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION”
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“The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because one believes in its reality, and therefore forgets or despises eternity.”
Source : "Images and Symbols". Book by Mircea Eliade, p. 90-91, 1952.
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“I read 'The Great Gatsby' in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love.”
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“I've definitely enjoyed myself more on the projects where I've played a good person, rather than on the projects where I've played somebody who is morally compromised.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“I made a tentative conclusion. It seemed from all of this that uppermost among human joys is the negative one of restoration: not going to the stars, but learning that one may stay where one is.”
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“Tobacco addiction sinks its claws in deeply, it's just as powerful of [sic] an addiction as ***** or crack cocaine...”
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“All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.”
Source : Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). “Natural Abundance: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Guide to Prosperity”, p.107, Simon and Schuster
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“Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the emotional shock of domestic distress. Even a mediocre performance at the office can help a person repair self-esteem damaged in domestic battles.”
Source : Faye J. Crosby (1993). “Juggling: the unexpected advantages of balancing career and home for women and their families”, Touchstone
