"No progressive knowledge will ever medicine that dread misgiving of a mysterious and pathless power given to words of a certain import."

-- Thomas de Quincey

#Medicine Quotes #Mysterious Quotes #Progressive Quotes

“If you scratch some saints you will find the devil.”
“I generally will answer any question about anything.”
“I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.”
“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly.”
“I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.”

Source : "Climate change and the value of daring" by Joseph Robertson, David Thoreson, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2016.
“So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship.”
“Industrialisation is necessary. But acquisition is by no means the only avenue through which it can be achieved. The Cochin Airport is a prime example of this. Instead of choosing to acquire the land, the State asked the private parties to negotiate with the landowners directly. The State merely acted as an arbitrator.”
“All men will be Peters in their bragging tongue, and most men will be Peters in their base denial; but few men will be Peters in their quick repentance.”

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