"It is worth remembering (though there is nothing that we can do about it) that the world as it really is may easily be a far nastier place than it would be if scientific materialism were the whole truth and nothing but the truth about it."

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Source : C. D. Broad (2011). “Lectures on Psychical Research (Routledge Revivals): Incorporating the Perrott Lectures Given in Cambridge University in 1959 and 1960”, p.319, Routledge

C. D. Broad

#Truth Quotes #Would Be Quotes #World Quotes

“Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.”

Source : Robert William Service, “Reptiles And Roses”
“Playing Shakespeare is really tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you're the king.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Obstacles become monsters in your head; evil horrible creatures. Obstacles are sometimes good things. Sometimes they just ARE - not characterized as good or bad, but just as things like ancient mossy rocks that are a part of the human experience.”
“If there is one thing the psychic taught me, it's that people and events are rarely who and what we think they are. They are more meaningful, more worth our attention-part of some finely choreographed, eternal dance that we would be wise to bow down before in gratitude and humility”
“You know that thing about Death Be Not Proud? Well, Fear Be Not Proud either. And Fear Be Not Elegant. What Fear be is stumbling, bumbling flight, crashing through brush, slip-sliding on pine needles, sloshing through puddles that are always deeper than you expect.”
“Home is the place where you feel happy.”
“The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem.”
“Youth is thy gift, - the youth that baffles Time.”

Source : Louise Chandler Moulton (1908). “The Poems and Sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton ...”

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