"The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist."

-- Henry Steele Commager

#People Quotes #Genius Quotes #Conformity Quotes

“As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that he would fight until he collapsed to keep them from taking me.”
“To wash and rinse our souls of their age-old sorrows,We drained a hundred jugs of wine.A splendid night it was . . . .In the clear moonlight we were loath to go to bed,But at last drunkenness overtook us;And we laid ourselves down on the empty mountain,The earth for pillow, and the great heaven for coverlet”

Source : Li Po, “A Mountain Revelry”
“I cannot be other than what I am, and I am the choices of all my days.”
“The reason I don't tweet as much as I used to, is because I'm sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.”
“The attacking piece displaces its victim. The vanquished piece leaves the plane of the board entirely. But it does not, in a higher sense, cease to exist.”
“If you want to dismiss a negative thought, the only way to do so is to think of something positive and constructive.”

Source : Emmet Fox (2010). “Make Your Life Worthwhile”, p.36, Harper Collins
“We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.”
“The music of the Gospel leads us home.”

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